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- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
easier," he says. Though the product is still four or five years of regulatory hurdles away from market by Schrader's estimate, Vaxess has started working with various global health organizations to figure out how to apply its silk... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
symbol of health care activism, not the internationally recognized icon it is today. Starting a public conversation about women’s health was not easy, certainly, but the foundation believed that education... View Details
- 27 Jul 2016
- News
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path. “Two of... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
interest in global health to the realization that an estimated 13 million people die each year for lack of low-cost products that could save their lives. Over the past seven years, she has conducted research projects in Zambia aimed at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
people don't want Big Brother. We’re just saying, there’s a cost to that,’” notes Weiss. The downside Bay points to is that if users don’t give the government access to their data, public health officials aren’t as able to help those who... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
moving along, getting ‘back to normal,’” says Pasricha. “That approach sweeps most deeper human emotions under the rug. Loneliness, anxiety, and mental health challenges are spiking. There is a lot of mourning and guilt, too. Survivor’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
Your Twitter bio reads like that of a superhero ("Management consultant by day, fitness instructor & wellness blogger by night"). Can you tell us about your day and evening jobs? "By day I'm a manager at Deloitte Consulting. I work with clients in... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Express Scripts: Promoting Prescription Drug Home Delivery (A) and (B)
By: John Beshears
The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) sector processes prescription drug claims on behalf of companies that offer a prescription drug benefit to their employees. The case associated with this teaching note follows Bob Nease, chief scientist at Express Scripts, as he... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy Benefit Manager; PBM; Healthcare; Behavioral Economics; Choice Architecture; Active Choice; Service Delivery; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Distribution Channels; Health Care and Treatment; Service Industry; Service Industry
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
of Antares is to harness the power of private enterprise to promote public health." As part of its research and educational activity, Antares deploys joint HBS and HSPH student field-study teams around the world to work with health... View Details
- August 2022 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?
By: George A Riedel, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT) for a potential investment. Dr. Banks, the founder of NOW PT, drove to visit patients. She sought an investment from the fund to open a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Buildings and Facilities; Health Industry; Health Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts
Riedel, George A., Amy Klopfenstein, and Mel Martin. "NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?" Harvard Business School Case 323-009, August 2022. (Revised January 2025.)
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
but eventually add up to real trouble. "In complex services like health care, there are many opportunities for systems to fail because of the multiple interactions and hand-offs between people of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
that today’s nurse shortage could reach 1.2 million vacancies in the same time frame. Alexi Nazem (MBA 2011) has seen the impact of these shortages firsthand. “Health care is a very broken system,” says the doctor and cofounder of Nomad Health, an online marketplace... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
finance, it seems, are never far from the minds of anyone in health care these days, even at fiscally sound MGH, the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital that is recognized as an industry model. Indeed, with its conflicting mix of human... View Details
- 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 (including several View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- News
Where Are They Now?
the HBS Club of India—over the top. “We identified a significant global market and focused on an unmet but essential need, as health care is not optional,” says Mahesh, who got a very personal perspective on India’s deep deficit of... View Details
- 11 Apr 2020
- News
Reading Together, Apart
subscription-based app allows people to connect over video while reading a children’s book together in real time, as if the services of FaceTime and Kindle were knitted together. The product took off, particularly among military families.... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- News
LuminOva Makes Great Strides Tackling Infertility
video, Blavatnik Fellow and cofounder Alexandra Dickson (MBA 2013) and CEO Theresa Tribble (MBA 2009) detail the progress the company has made since launching at the Harvard i-lab and winning the 2015 Deans’ Health and Life Sciences... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
sessions for health care professionals in Egypt, Italy, and Spain? RA: In Egypt, our so-called “White Army” of doctors and nurses has come under severe strain given the surge in the number of COVID patients. We recently launched a... View Details
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Student & Academic Support The MBA Student & Academic Services (SAS) team works closely with students during their time at HBS. Students with a documented disability or learning difference , or who may have a chronic medical condition or... View Details