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01 Sep 2014
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Making a Statement

Getting Behind Health Care Andrew M. Paul (MBA 1983) sees a powerful connection between the business side of health care and the benefits of better service delivery to patients. “By investing in companies... View Details

17 Nov 2003
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The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

Management" that Beaulieu co-wrote to launch the discussion, works like this: "In a carve-out arrangement, a private disease management vendor typically takes on full risk for the care of patients... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jun 2017
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Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

2014); Founded 2012 Eight out of ten patients discharged from the hospital need additional care. CarePort’s technology assists with planning and managing this post-acute care. The winner of the 2012 HBS New Venture Competition in the... View Details

05 Aug 2002
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Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

to be like this. About twenty years ago, managed care was widely viewed as the silver bullet that would curb cost increases while ensuring patients good and convenient treatment. But managed View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

01 Jun 2001
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Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life

Papua New Guinea. “The focus of medical practice and the attitudes of practitioners in those places were so different than in the West,” notes Ehrenberg. “In Israel, doctors felt they could never go home because there were always more View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

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Vivek Garg

patient care, such as pricing, insurance, and organizational issues," says Vivek. "At MPAC, I got a broad exposure to how other interest groups—including payers, the government, private industry—think about medicine and View Details

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replacements and repairs Neurosurgical procedures – cervical spine, brain Child birth – vaginal and caesarian Bariatric surgery Hysterectomies Urological procedures Rotator cuff repairs Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies Observations room View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

focus: patient experience, provider experience, population health, and value. “The knock-on effects of delayed surgeries, delayed treatments, and mental health issues will require a new level of care that... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Founding a bone marrow donor bank that saves thousands of lives

Peter Harf (MBA 1974) transformed Joh. A. Benckiser SE, a small, privately held German company into a global powerhouse, but it’s his cofounding of Delete Blood Cancer DKMS that he considers his most important role. Since 1991, the nonprofit has helped more than 40,000... View Details

John G. Smale

Known for his patient managerial style, Smale worked at Procter & Gamble for 38 years. Under Smale's leadership as CEO, P&G's earnings and stock price doubled while the company expanded abroad and into higher margin products. Two... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care... View Details

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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Executive Education Courses Executive Education Courses Strategy for Health Care Delivery (Fall) November 16 -18, 2022 Summary Innovative health care organizations worldwide are moving toward better value... View Details

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Arjun Goyal

molecular signatures to develop precisely targeted treatments specific to appropriate patient populations. Through the Entrepreneurship Club, Arjun was introduced to Louis Levy, HBS MBA 2014, who has assumed responsibilities for... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

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Michael Farias

meetings with students in the MD/MBA program. They raised so many socioeconomic factors: Can our patients afford to see us? Or get the medicines they need? Caring for a patient... View Details

25 Feb 2021
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Building Hope

prescribed antidepressants, which can take weeks to have an effect, ketamine’s impact is almost immediate. It also seems to have particular potential as a counter to suicidal ideation. “That’s the Western medicine approach that people need,” Zapolin says. In a clinical... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Morrell

01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine

level of creatine kinase—an enzyme indicative of muscle damage—in a normal person's blood is around 50 units per liter, maybe as high as 100 after a workout. Charley's was 20,000. It suggested muscular dystrophy. Related Links Curing Health View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

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Lucasz S. Babiarz

together." In fact, Lukasz's clinical rotations are themselves lessons in both clinical care and business operations. At Cambridge Hospital, Lukasz worked largely with a poor and medically underserved population. Later, he served a... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Summit Explores the New Economy

difficult to have innovation without data—which is one reason why the health care industry in the United States is too expensive. One remedy: Make the patient the customer. who Has The Power In The Music... View Details

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