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September 2014 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Robert S. Huckman and Jenny Lesser

Describes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic—a leading academic medical center with a reputation for excellence in tertiary and quaternary health care. The case highlights... View Details

Keywords: Health; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Transforming Health Care Delivery Course Number 2195 Associate Professor Susanna Gallani Professor Robert Huckman Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits Paper At the root of the transformation occurring... View Details

01 Nov 2007
News

A Valuable Roadmap for Health Care Solutions

01 Feb 2007
News

Interview: Redefining Health Care in the Netherlands

24 Nov 2020
News

Evaluating Innovative Health Care Solutions for Obesity

October 1981 (Revised August 1985)
Case

Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (C)

Reveals that the new products executives have decided to recommend national expansion. They have to develop a justification and preliminary marketing plan. Emphasizes consumer and trade promotion options. Students have to complete a five-year projected P&L statement. View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Health Care and Treatment; Product Launch; Health Industry

01 Mar 2006
News

Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care

costs, and widespread patient frustration. The cure for these ailments lies in better use of health-care technology, says David J. Brailer, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, a newly created position he has held since... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

26 Mar 2009
News

Finland Seeks Systemic Changes in Health Care

13 Mar 2007
News

Money Counts in Access to Health Care

March 2016 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note

Evive Health and Workplace Influenza Vaccinations

By: John Beshears

Evive Health is a company that manages communication campaigns on behalf of health insurance plans and large employers. Using big data techniques and insights from behavioral economics, Evive deploys targeted and effective messages that improve individuals' health... View Details

07 Apr 2020
News

What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?

9 Apr 2010
Other Presentation

Value-Based Health Care Delivery: Implications for the Taiwanese System

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care," Journal of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Taiwan

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September 2022
Technical Note

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the American Landscape

By: Susanna Gallani and Jacob Riegler

Social determinants of health (SDOH) have gained significant attention in recent years. A growing body of research shows that a person’s health is influenced by a large number of non-genetic factors, most of which operate outside the realm of health care and are... View Details

Keywords: Socioeconomic Determinants Of Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Population Health; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Social Issues; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States

20 Jul 2015
News

Harvard Professor Has a Big Idea for the Future of Health Care Shopping

January 2000 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network - The Primary Care Unit

By: V.G. Narayanan, Lisa Brem and Ryan Moore

The Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network needed to gain a better understanding of its unit-of-service costs, which had been rising at a rate of 10% per year. The network's step-down costing system gave only aggregate costing information, and there was some... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Accounting; Cost; Network Effects; Health Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

07 Dec 2015
Video

Brian Marcotte of National Business Group on Health talks about the role of employers in health care

01 Jul 2007
News

Health Care Competition Redefined: Value vs. Cost

2013
Other Unpublished Work

NHS and Social Care Workforce: Meeting Our Needs Now and In the Future?

By: Candice Imison and Richard Bohmer

Keywords: Health Care; Work Force Management; Management; Employees; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry