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- 09 Mar 2018
- News
Cigna to Buy Express Scripts in $52 Billion Health Care Deal
- March 2015 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Medalogix
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
This case examines an exciting new approach to health care that will help care providers identify when hospice services are the appropriate type of care for patients. The company, Medalogix, already has a product on the market that uses a proprietary algorithm to... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Health Care Services; Implementing Strategy; Dissemination; Innovation; Market Selection; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Medalogix." Harvard Business School Case 815-116, March 2015. (Revised June 2015.)
- January 2007 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico
By: Michael Chu and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
Farmacias Similares, serving Mexico's low-income sector, grew to $600 million sales and 3,400 drugstores while deep reforms to help the poor swept the public health system. Adjacent to each store, for $2 per visit, medical clinics provided access to doctors for 2.3... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Poverty; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Mexico
Chu, Michael, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 307-092, January 2007. (Revised April 2011.)
- April 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Background Note
Note on Healthcare in Ghana
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
This note provides an overview of the healthcare system in Ghana. It discusses the public and private sector as well as traditional medical practice. It also discusses the country’s pharmaceutical industry. It is recommended as a companion to Professor Regina... View Details
Keywords: Africa; Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmacy Benefit Manager; Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Telehealth; Health Equity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Government Relations; Health Industry; Health Industry; Ghana
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "Note on Healthcare in Ghana." Harvard Business School Background Note 323-112, April 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- July 2018
- Article
Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India
By: Satchit Balsari, Alexander Fortenko MD, MPH, Joaquin A. Blaya PhD, Adrian Gropper MD, Malavika Jayaram LLM, Rahul Matthan LLM, Ram Sahasranam, Mark Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH and Tarun Khanna
In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending coverage to 500 million citizens, in effect making it the world’s largest insurance program. To meet this target, the government will rely on technology to... View Details
Keywords: Health Information Exchange; India; Health APIs; Health Care and Treatment; Information; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Health Industry; India
Balsari, Satchit, Alexander Fortenko MD, MPH, Joaquin A. Blaya PhD, Adrian Gropper MD, Malavika Jayaram LLM, Rahul Matthan LLM, Ram Sahasranam, Mark Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH, and Tarun Khanna. "Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India." Journal of Medical Internet Research 20, no. 7 (July 2018).
- August 2024
- Background Note
Note on Creating Business Plans for Innovative Health Care Ventures
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Ben Creo, Lee Kaplan and Brian L. Walker
- October 2, 2015
- Article
The Harvard Contest That's Trying to Improve Health Care Delivery
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Robert S. Huckman, Barbara McNeil, Joseph P. Newhouse and Cara Sterling
Hamermesh, Richard G., Robert S. Huckman, Barbara McNeil, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Cara Sterling. "The Harvard Contest That's Trying to Improve Health Care Delivery." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 2, 2015). (As part of Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Health Care, a collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine.)
- 1979
- Chapter
Preventive Health Care and Consumer Behavior: Towards a Broader Perspective
By: J. Quelch and S. Ash
- 18 Jul 2017
- News
Political Roundtable: Russia, Polls, Health Care & Lawyers Gone Wild
- February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sarah McAra
In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha Capital, made his first health care investment in Hassab Labs, a diagnostic lab in Alexandria, Egypt. Weeks later, a revolution erupted across the country as the Arab Spring swept... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health; Pan-Africa; Health Care Investment; Financing; Developing World; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies; Egypt; Africa
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sarah McAra. "Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital." Harvard Business School Case 816-066, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- November 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Background Note
Mental Health and the American Workplace
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Mental illness has been described as an epidemic affecting nearly a quarter of all Americans in their lifetimes, often during their most productive working years. Managers who can design organizations that maximize mental health can minimize these risks and boost... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Productivity; Competitiveness; Stress Management; Depression; Absenteeism; Presenteeism; Work Culture; Business or Company Management; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity; Organizational Culture; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Mental Health and the American Workplace." Harvard Business School Background Note 515-062, November 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- March 2011 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey - Managing in the Shadow of Health Care Reform
Per the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which President Obama signed in 2010, states would be required to create state-wide health insurance marketplaces - the Health Benefit Exchanges (HBEs) - in which individuals and small employers could choose... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Emerging Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Health Industry; Health Industry; New Jersey
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Raffaella Sadun, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey - Managing in the Shadow of Health Care Reform." Harvard Business School Case 711-403, March 2011. (Revised March 2011.)
- May 1999 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Executive Health Group
Executive Health Group provides in-depth physical exams. Facing stagnant revenues, CEO William Flatley has to reposition his firm, strengthen the brand franchise, and grow share in an increasingly competitive health care environment. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Competition; Health Care and Treatment; Brands and Branding; Health Industry
Chun, Samuel S. "Executive Health Group." Harvard Business School Case 599-048, May 1999. (Revised April 2003.)
- June 2024
- Article
It Is Time to Consider More Price Regulation in Health Care
By: Sherry Glied and Amitabh Chandra
Glied, Sherry, and Amitabh Chandra. "It Is Time to Consider More Price Regulation in Health Care." JAMA Health Forum 5, no. 6 (June 2024).
- 2016
- Blog
Building A Culture of Health - John A. Quelch: Creating A Culture of Health
By: John A. Quelch
All American companies are in the health business whether they like it or not. The private sector directly pays for one-fifth of the whopping 17.5% of GDP spent on healthcare in the United States. Rather than viewing health merely as an insurance expense to be... View Details
Keywords: Building A Culture Of Health; Intersection Of Healthcare And Business; Impact Of Healthcare On Business; Population Health Footprint; Healthcare As An Investment; Change; Education; Health; Human Resources; Labor; Leadership; Management; Marketing; Operations; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Health Industry; Health Industry; Canada; North America; United States
Quelch, John A. "Creating A Culture of Health." Building A Culture of Health - John A. Quelch (blog). May 31, 2016. http://johnquelch.org/creating-a-culture-of-health/.
- 05 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents
Like many people interested in the tangled connections between health care progress and intellectual property rights, I avidly followed the Myriad Genetics case, decided by the Supreme Court this June 13. In... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Managed Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Presents an overview of managed care. Describes the relationship between provider and insurance companies, examines the implications for consumers, and discusses financial arrangements and operational characteristics commonly observed in the industry. Also provides a... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Service Operations; Relationships; Insurance Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Note on Managed Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-060, May 1998. (Revised September 1999.)
- June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ahmed Dahawy
Lana Ghanem, managing director of Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture arm of larger pharmaceutical group Hikma, is considering how to grow the venture arm as well as progress her own career. Over the past few years Hikma's executive team had been pressuring the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry; Health Industry; Jordan
Margolis, Joshua D., and Ahmed Dahawy. "Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Case 424-075, June 2024. (Revised December 2024.)