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- March 2016
- Supplement
Compass Group: The Ascension Health Decision
By: Ryan W. Buell
In 2012, Compass Group (Compass) was on the verge of closing a $2 billion deal with Ascension Health (Ascension), one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. Under the deal, Compass would provide foodservice management and cleaning services for 86 of... View Details
Keywords: Operations Strategy; Sectorization; Operational Focus; Customer Compatibility; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Operations; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
Buell, Ryan W. "Compass Group: The Ascension Health Decision." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 616-705, March 2016.
- 22 Jun 2020
- News
On Track: Health Care, Patient Data, and Provider Performance
- June 2020
- Article
Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Integration with Hospital Electronic Health Records by US County-Level Opioid Prescribing Rates
By: A Jay Holmgren and Nate Apathy
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) have become a widely embraced policy solution to the opioid epidemic in the US. PDMPs offer prescribers a comprehensive view of patients’ controlled substance prescription history and can be used to monitor and reduce... View Details
Keywords: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs; PDMPs; Electronic Health Records; Hospitals; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Integration; Performance Evaluation
Holmgren, A Jay, and Nate Apathy. "Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Integration with Hospital Electronic Health Records by US County-Level Opioid Prescribing Rates." JAMA Network Open 3, no. 6 (June 2020).
- May 25, 2016
- Comment
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
By: John A. Quelch
Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Consumer Power; Innovation In Healthcare Delivery; Mobile Healthcare; Transition; Transformation; Trends; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Information; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Management; Marketing; Markets; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; South America; North and Central America; Middle East; Europe; Asia
Quelch, John A. "How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 25, 2016).
- 7 Apr 2005
- Other Presentation
Redefining Health Care: Creating Positive-Sum Competition to Deliver Value
This presentation draws on a forthcoming book with Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Redefining Health Care: Creating Positive-Sum Competition to Deliver Value, Harvard Business School Press). Earlier publications about the work include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Redefining Health Care: Creating Positive-Sum Competition to Deliver Value." Forces Of Change: New Strategies for the Evolving Health Care Marketplace, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, April 7, 2005.
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
iPhoto COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on the emotional, psychological, and social well-being (as well as the physical health) of people around the world. Risk factors for addiction, mental illness, and “deaths of despair” are growing while behavioral View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- News
Disruptive Innovation: A Prescription For Better Health Care
- 05 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA
No one can convey the impact of an MBA from Harvard Business School better than our alumni. And, when it comes to a career health care, there are a multitude of paths that one can choose. From care delivery and insurance to life sciences... View Details
- Web
Health Care - Faculty & Research
Health Care Health Care February 2015 Supplement The Affordable Care Act (A): Legislative Strategy in the House of Representatives By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris In early 2009, the Obama... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- News
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
- 2025
- Working Paper
Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani and Simone Matecna
We measure whether expert patients – those trained as physicians and nurses – have fewer emergency department visits and the reasons for these differences. Relative to similar patients physicians and nurses had 19.8% and 5.1% fewer ED visits, principally due to fewer... View Details
Chandra, Amitabh, Pragya Kakani, and Simone Matecna. "Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33573, March 2025.
- June 1992
- Teaching Note
U.S. Health Care Systems, Prospectus and Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., Teaching Note
- 15 Mar 2016
- News
Health Care Delivery Innovations That Integrate Care? Yes!
- August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth. Which, if any, should he pursue? View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Insurance; Vertical Integration; Insurance Industry; Brazil
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 312-029, August 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Consumer-Driven Universal Health Care is the Best Solution
The best way to achieve universal health insurance coverage is to implement a consumer-controlled system rather than a government-controlled system. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Consumer-Driven Universal Health Care is the Best Solution." In Current Controversies: Health Care, edited by Noel Merino. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2010.
- 2004
- Chapter
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Management Matters
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Gary P. Pisano
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Putting People at the Centre of Health Care
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Harvard Business School spends a significant amount of research funds each year on the health care industry, answering questions such as: How can the business of health care be made more efficient? What can... View Details
- January 2014
- Teaching Note
Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Children's Health Forum
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Malone
The case includes law, business, and public health perspectives on an African American leader's social entrepreneurship and leadership in other social movements. Later in his life, Dr. Benjamin Hooks championed the eradication of lead poisoning. Prior to that Hooks... View Details
- Article
Health as a Way of Doing Business
By: Howard Koh, Sara J. Singer and Amy C. Edmondson
For too long, the worlds of business and health have been mired in a checkered, sometimes contentious, history. Millions of deaths worldwide can be attributed to risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol and drug misuse, and suboptimal dietary intake linked to... View Details
Koh, Howard, Sara J. Singer, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Health as a Way of Doing Business." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 321, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 33–34.