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18 May 2015
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The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

Xu’s Twitter handle is @xrayunicorn) “I worked in consulting before medical school and had to travel a lot. One time a colleague and I were stranded in a snowstorm and had to rebook our flights. On the phone with the travel agent, my... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

New Venture Competition Winner, Social Enterprise Track: Lexi Lexi is an AI-powered medical interpretation platform that enables instant, accurate, and HIPAA-compliant communication between providers and patients across the care... View Details

January 2024 (Revised April 2024)
Teaching Note

Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (A) & (B)

By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note accompanies case no. 622-009 and 622-045 (Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care, A and B). View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Management; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Health Industry; United States; Virginia

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01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

complex, society-wide issues behind the problems in our education system, and it will require strong leadership and a smart investment of resources — not just setting standards — to turn them around. You write extensively about the way we handle View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
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Rich Wilson

the world nonstop. It’s a huge event in France, with daily radio, TV, and newspaper coverage. Some 300,000 spectators attended the start of the race; months after it was over, 120,000 people showed up for the awards ceremony, which featured fireworks, lasers, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

January 2022
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Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)

By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta

Set in early 2020, this (B) case provides an update to the (A) case (no. 622-009) and provides additional context regarding the challenges facing Somatus. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Management; Strategy; Business Strategy; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; United States; Virginia

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03 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)

risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation,” write Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman. “Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

for being the top field-hockey school in the country. Its premed program was also highly respected, and Fisher, who was majoring in biophysics, realized she had to make a choice. She chose science but ultimately deferred her medical... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

reduced wait times in salauno clinics by using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to change clinic schedules, optimize operational flow, and improve communication. These practices have resulted in a 20 percent drop in the number of patients who wait more than an hour for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

inbox is filled with success stories that describe his efforts as “holy work” and “nothing short of a miracle.” One person wonders, “Do you have any idea how many lives you’ve changed?” Another researcher comments, “From medical history... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

28 Feb 2019
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Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare

Keywords: Re: Richard G. Hamermesh; Health; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

expected to learn personal finance (e.g., how to budget for large purchases, like a house or a car, and to save for retirement), there has to be some expectation that people will budget for their own medical care. This will require more... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

the case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808163 The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Harvard Business School Case 408-003 Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

is coordinating with Gilead Sciences, maker of Remdesivir, to distribute and manufacture the antiviral drug treatment for use in 127 countries, including Egypt. It was recently approved for emergency use by the United States, India,... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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In Brief

global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford the View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

students in the EC course, "Competing Through Business Models." Purchase this course overview : http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710409-PDF-ENG Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

particularly interesting to Mukhtar, based on his experience as a physician in Nigeria, where medical treatment is essentially unavailable or unaffordable for much of the population. "One cohort in Singapore... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

Reenen Abstract—We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities offering both... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Nichtberger needs to recommend to the board which of two promising new medical treatments to keep developing while placing the other on hold. In comparing the two options, a host of factors need to be... View Details