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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Rhenisch Rick Bern/Courtesy Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority A community organizer during the 1960s, Madelyn Rhenisch was a pioneering advocate for better medical care for the people of rural upstate New York. More... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details
- Fast Answer
Careers, associations and events: medical devices
Represents independent manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products, and health care information systems. Web site includes a Career Center with job postings as well as articles and reports. See... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
Institutes of Health allocates only $76 million to food allergies, which affects roughly one in 10 Americans and has no FDA approved treatments,” says Elise. “Epilepsy, which affects one in 105 Americans, receives $163 million and has 20... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
political issues for students, so it fits well with the LCA curriculum.” Cipla’s CEO, Dr. Yusef Hamied, figures prominently in the case. A Cambridge University–educated chemist, Hamied is revered by some for his humanitarian projects... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
quickly, the School doubled funding for its summer fellowship program and opened it up to graduating as well as first-year students. These fellowships provide stipends to supplement lower-paying internships (for example, at nonprofits and... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Office of Education at USAID. Christensen's influential book was not about AIDS; it described companies that were well managed yet were blindsided by rapid advances from unexpected challengers. Yet HIV and AIDS also have that potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
pharmaceuticals, the gap between the medical and the mental health systems, and the time required to find community resources and quality home care. My previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive and management consultant seemed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
advantages of making tradeoffs aren’t as obvious in service businesses, and part of it is that there are a lot of heroic people in service organizations who feel compelled to be the best at everything. That’s particularly evident in mission-driven and View Details
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Employers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
their employees for complex conditions and bring in house care for common conditions. Key Action Steps for Employers Set the goal of increasing health value, not minimizing health benefit costs Develop... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
smart, passionate people here at Children’s HealthWatch, as well as with talented, passionate funders, advocates, and policymakers. “We operate in many ways as a small entity, but are also part of a larger organization. We also work... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Confi began in 2015 as a free online resource for credible and relatable answers to health questions that women weren’t comfortable asking their friends or partners. In its first... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
For her innovative research and outspoken advocacy of US health-care reform, Professor Regina Herzlinger is known in some media circles as "the godmother of consumer-driven health care." At HBS, she holds the distinction of being the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
studying all aspects of the pandemic and are working with business, government, and social sector leaders—as well as with colleagues at Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices,” says Gary Pisano, senior... View Details
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Raymond Hwang
symptoms, test results, examination findings, and patient preferences. The surgeon’s job is essentially to distill this diverse information into a diagnosis and treatment plan. In the operating room, the process is reversed. At the outset, things are very View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
forced that company into bankruptcy. The acquisition further strengthened American Home Products's new animal health unit and its established prescription drug line. In 1987, predating the Robbins transaction and the sale of the... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
population is increasing faster than any other nation in history, while its birthrate is shrinking. That double whammy is reducing both the workforce to care for the elderly and the tax base to support its universal health insurance... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
million to $5 million, with most of that money coming from grants from institutions like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen.” The NIH allocates money to researchers whose proposals... View Details
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Insurance industry: companies and analysis
Health and Property - Casualty sectors. Click on the drop-down arrow for Industry Surveys under S&P Publication Search. Insurance Fact Book (print only): from the Insurance Information Institute is a source of industry statistics. The... View Details