Publications

March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
Supplement

Humana (B) — Strategy Execution

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ashley Ifeadike

After Humana debuted its new pillar strategy focused on driving integration across members’ health care experiences, feedback from investors in private conferences and other forums was positive but stressed the need for execution and faced several questions in order to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Operations; Health Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Operations; Strategy; Health Industry

Purchase

May 2009
Article

Can the United States Provide Health Care For All?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; United States

01 Sep 2016
News

Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

workers), who work as virtual health care assistants, handling everything from long-term care arrangements to transportation. Wellthy’s digital platform is designed as a... View Details

09 Feb 2023
News

States' Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs

7 Jan 2013
Other Presentation

Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Health

5 Jan 2012
Other Presentation

Value-Based Health Care Delivery: Outcomes Measurement and Reimbursement

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Health

March 2016
Case

Tenet Healthcare and Conifer Health Solutions

By: Robert F. Higgins and Jeet Guram

This case explores the relationship between Tenet Healthcare, the third largest for-profit hospital chain, and its subsidiary Conifer Health Solutions, a health services company. Conifer's IT programs help healthcare providers with revenue cycle management and... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Health Solutions; Business Subsidiaries; Growth Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry; Texas

Educators

Purchase

28 Feb 2011
News

Harvard Business School Profs on the Health Care Crisis

22 May 2007
News

Film Offers New Talking Points in Health Care Debate

1992
Book

Creating New Health Care Ventures: The Role of Management

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Managerial Roles

February 2019
Article

Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending

By: David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern and David Wennberg

There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Spending; Geographic Location; Values and Beliefs

24 Jun 2021
News

How to Measure the Value of Virtual Health Care

08 Jul 2019

HBS in the Bay Area: Health Care Information Session

This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates with an interest in health care. HBS Admissions will be joined by the Health Care Initiative and local alumni. During the session attendees will learn... View Details

14 Mar 2007
News

Redefining Health Care Named ACHE's Book of the Year

Article

Sustainability, Business, and Health

By: George Serafeim, Amanda M. Rischbieth and Howard K. Koh

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated that response demands involvement from every sector of society. As a major example, some businesses have stepped up in ways previously unimaginable. Garment companies have repurposed production to face... View Details

Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; Sustainability; Health And Wellness; Corporate Social Responsibility; Health Pandemics; Health; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment