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- 30 Jun 2015
- Video
Gender Differences in Health, Wellness, and Healthcare
- March 2018
- Supplement
Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Using digital and social media tools and lessons learned from prior change campaigns as a middle manager in a large biotech company, Sandra Brown continued in a new role in the quality division, engaging staff in a quality movement at the company. She had found a new... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Grassroots Movement; Managing Change; Career Path; Stakeholder Engagement; Engagement; Health Care Industry; Quality; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Social Media; Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-084, March 2018.
- January 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Technical Note
U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry
By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski and Harry B. Wolberg
This note describes the role of commercial payers in the U.S. healthcare industry. We begin with a review of the historical evolution of commercial payers and their role in the market, from the beginning to the Affordable Care Act and beyond. Every wave of reforms in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
Gallani, Susanna, Mary Witkowski, and Harry B. Wolberg. "U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-064, January 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- January 2010
- Teaching Note
MedVal Ventures, Fortis Healthcare (A), Fortis Healthcare (B), and Note on Medical Travel (TN)
Teaching Note for [308087], [308030], [308080], and [308084]. View Details
- Web
U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog
complementing case discussions. Educational Objectives: The course aims to equip students with a strong understanding of the landscape of the US healthcare industry and key strategic challenges within it.... View Details
- November–December 2014
- Article
Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden, Apurva Shah, Peter Waters, Marco Weidemeier, Samuel Wertheimer and Thomas W. Feeley
As healthcare providers cope with pricing pressures and increased accountability for performance, they should be rededicating themselves to improving the value they deliver to their patients: better outcomes and lower costs. Time-driven activity-based costing offers... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States; Europe
Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden, Apurva Shah, Peter Waters, Marco Weidemeier, Samuel Wertheimer, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare." Journal of Healthcare Management 59, no. 6 (November–December 2014): 399–413.
- October 1992
- Teaching Note
Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN
Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details
- May 1996
- Teaching Note
Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A) TN
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-696-062). View Details
- July–August 2008
- Article
Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
"Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare." Journal for Healthcare Quality 30, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 17–19.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Course Requirements
Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.
Career Focus
For... View Details
Students are required to prepare a business plan, which employs the framework of this course, to explore an entrepreneurial opportunity in health care, and to evaluate their classmates' plans.
Career Focus
For... View Details
- January 2017
- Supplement
Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners: Cash Flow Tool
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita) is one of the U.S.'s leading dialysis providers, a process whereby persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are connected to a machine that performs the functions of a healthy kidney. Kent Thiry, DaVita's CEO, has expanded... View Details
- November 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Omada Health: Riding the Clinical and Regulatory Waves
By: Robert F. Higgins and Lisa Zhou
Keywords: Healthcare Industry; Healthcare Innovation; Healthcare IT; Wellness; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry
Higgins, Robert F., and Lisa Zhou. "Omada Health: Riding the Clinical and Regulatory Waves." Harvard Business School Case 816-063, November 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
- December 2014
- Case
DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections
By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
In 2011, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DaVita)—a Fortune 500 healthcare services company specializing in kidney dialysis services—and the Denver Public Schools (DPS)—the largest school district in Colorado—forged a plan to incorporate greater intentional focus on culture... View Details
Keywords: Corporate-community Partnerships; K-12; School Districts; DaVita; Kent Thiry; Tom Boasberg; Denver Public Schools; Wisdom Team; DaVita Way; Creating Connections; Social Enterprise; Community Impact; Education Reform; Public Schools; Leadership Development; Partners and Partnerships; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Business and Community Relations; Culture; Education Industry; Education Industry; Colorado
Kim, John J-H, and Christine S. An. "DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections." Harvard Business School Case 315-047, December 2014.
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
Clubs News Clubs News No matter where they are in the world, members of the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) can connect with each other, hear from business leaders, and catch up on industry trends... View Details
- June 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare
When Jonathan Bush and his partner, Todd Park, realized that their revolutionary approach to delivering clinical care was being stymied by the inefficiencies in the healthcare system and insurance red tape, they turned their proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Health Industry; United States
Chakravorti, Bhaskar, Laura Winig, and Naeem Husain Arastu. "athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 810-079, June 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Leemore S. Dafny
U.S. Healthcare Strategy
The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for 17 percent of GDP, and encompasses a diverse set of industries with public, nonprofit, and for-profit buyers and sellers. There are significant concerns about high and rising spending, and... View Details
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope
Hardina Smythe, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2010. Her first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. Each potential investment has strengths... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Asset Management; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, Ann Leamon, and Lisa Strope. "Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 811-073, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- 10 Dec 2024
- Interview
A New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovation
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Duke Rohlen
Ajax Health founder Duke Rohlen (HBS MBA 2001) and HBS Professor Regina Herzlinger join host Brian Kenny to discuss the key success factors for both start-up and established medical technology firms. The case “Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation”... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Business Model; Private Equity; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Duke Rohlen. "A New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovation." Cold Call (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, December 10, 2024.
- June 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Background Note
The Challenge Facing the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Discusses the challenges currently facing the U.S. health care delivery system. These challenges frame the problems managers of delivery organizations are currently facing. They include a burgeoning gap between demand and supply. Demand for health care services is... View Details
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Challenge Facing the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-096, June 2006. (Revised June 2007.)