Publications

March 2009 (Revised September 2010)
Case

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care

By: Robert S. Huckman, Michael E. Porter, Rachel Gordon and Natalie Kindred

Describes the Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a multidisciplinary unit that offers patients suffering from spinal problems "one-stop" access to a range of providers including orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, medical specialists in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Integration; Value Creation; Health Industry; United States

Purchase

2010
Working Paper

The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

By: Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano

We use a unique, nationally representative cross-national dataset to document the reduction in individuals' usage of routine non-emergency medical care in the midst of the economic crisis. A substantially larger fraction of Americans have reduced medical care than have... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Health Care and Treatment; France; Germany; Great Britain; Canada; United States

Read Now

10 Nov 2009
News

Give Employees Cash to Buy Care

March 2021 (Revised July 2021)
Case

Aledade

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Samyukta Mullangi and Nicholas Samonas

To truly supercharge growth, should Aledade take a step back and focus on product development? View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Health Care Industry; Medicare; ACOs; Affordable Care Act (ACA); COVID-19; Health Care and Treatment; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Health Industry; United States

Web

Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care Course Number 6340 Nancy R. McPherson Professor Regina Herzlinger Visiting Lecturer Ben Creo Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits... View Details

21 Sep 2022
News

Data Analysis and Intelligent Policy Design—Not Good Intentions—Will Fix Health Care Post COVID

winter 1994
Article

The Fundamental Forces Reshaping U.S. Health Care and How to Respond to Them

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health; Health Industry; United States

September 1998 (Revised June 1999)
Case

Discovery Health (A)

A South African health insurance company undertakes a redesign of its prescription drug coverage policy in light of its experiences with Prozac. View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; South Africa

summer 1998
Article

The Managerial Revolution in the U.S. Health Care Sector: Lessons from the U.S. Economy

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

payment model undoubtedly simplifies billing matters for the patients, the main impetus is to lower health care costs while simultaneously improving quality of care. In the traditional fee-for-service model,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

17 Jun 2020
News

Assessing the Value of Pediatric Aerodigestive Care

August 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Technical Note

Population Health Management—Techniques and Tools

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Kyle Bertke

Companion note to "Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil," Harvard Business School Case No. 312-029, January 2014 View Details

May 2016
Background Note

Health Systems in the Developing World

By: Kevin Schulman, Muhammed Pate and Gary Carbell

This note offers an approach to the evaluation of health care markets globally. It prepares students with a set of questions about the organization of core elements of the health care system. The organization of these elements can vary across markets and can vary in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Developing Countries and Economies; Public Sector; Private Sector; Opportunities; Analysis