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- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
Prescription drug costs continue to climb in the United States, but tightening a loophole in a federal law may help curb rising expenses, according to research published this week in Health Affairs. Efforts... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
then the vendor is placed financially at risk for the costs of patient medical care and is responsible for coordinating all aspects of care for those patients. The vendor is often also involved with other chronically ill patients of the... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
candidates. We find that increasing the political representation of Muslims improves health and education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected. We find no evidence of religious favoritism: Muslim children do not... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- summer 1985
- Article
High-tech Cardiology-Issues and Costs: A Panel Discussion
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and George L. Atkins
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and George L. Atkins. "High-tech Cardiology-Issues and Costs: A Panel Discussion." Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 48, no. 3 (summer 1985): 31–37.
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
context of the health-care industry drew instant attention. Preventable medical errors resulting in injury cost the industry somewhere between $9 billion and $15 billion a year, the report stated. Even more shockingly, by some measures... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
risks of consumer-driven health care: Overall, relative to the current system, the risk of consumer-driven health care is low. After all, the current system has led to quality problems, double-digit View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
health care system. Bushkin’s unassuming item is MedKaz®, a 4-GB flash drive carried on a keychain or in a wallet that can hold a lifetime of medical records, giving patients control over their data and providing a full picture for... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
trying to secure specimens. Alongside primary medical education providers, a large number and wide range of other users are also trying to secure cadavers for their own needs. The continuing training of medical doctors, for instance, relies on cadavers. In addition,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
MedVal Ventures
Is medical travel a viable business opportunity? A group of MBA students consider the pros and cons of starting a business that would send people from the U.S. to India for elective non-emergency surgeries. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Cost Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry; India; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E. "MedVal Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 308-087, February 2008. (Revised August 2014.)
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
telehealth to our advantage more than we have in the past. Because now the providers have ripped off the bandage. Telehealth procedures are in place. The health insurance plans are seeing the benefits and the View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
enhance cognitive performance. “Offices with the premier health story will get the premium rent and get the tenants, and the offices with a lagging health story will lag.” To convey to managers the benefits... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
will give way to $200 to $300 million drugs. That will be a very different world for big drug companies, with different cost structures and resource-allocation processes." And the drug industry won't be the only field affected,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
technologies together are pushing people to take an increasingly active role in managing their own health records. So the project will explore the relationship between, on the one hand, new technologies for predicting future disease and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
fractures and subsequent complications kill 20 percent of their victims, and debilitating spine fractures represent a health care cost of $19 billion annually. “There are a number of medications to treat... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
homes. For example, more generous tax credits could substantially reduce the cost of adopting available children, and would make adoption more feasible for lower-income families. Our State Department could work more closely with... View Details