Ambulatory Health Care Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

Illustration by Dave Cutler At the peak of his career as CEO of Bain & Company, Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) quit his job to form a nonprofit professional services organization. Frustrated by the plodding pace of Alzheimer’s research,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

expectations. As Bryce Covert wrote in a New York Times op-ed, "Keeping output steady while maintaining our physical and mental health just cannot be done. We have to work less, and employers have to get on board." Public schools are... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2013
News

Notes from W50

Fifty years after the first eight women enrolled in the two-year MBA Program at HBS, 800 alumni came to campus to celebrate that milestone. As part of the School's April W50 Summit, HBS hosted two days of panels, workshops, and presentations covering everything from... View Details

27 Jul 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

that facilitates video consultations with mental health professionals. With its general access and minimal click approach, Bloomup is the low-barrier solution for all concerns, especially those due to the COVID-19 crisis. Peter Le (MBA... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

himself not just to HBS but to the community. As a trustee of Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, he has been invaluable in helping them to proactively address the complex financing decisions that the last several years in health View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

Profile

Henry McCance

Twelve years ago, when Henry McCance (MBA 1966) and his wife initially faced her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the couple consulted some of the world’s top physicians specializing in its treatment. McCance was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Jun 2020
News

Check In

this. Our service model at Kimpton was not service per se, it was care. What does the guest on the other side of the desk need right now? How can we properly care for them? If... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

use of remote patient monitoring services grows—driven by health care limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic—clinicians, payers, and patients face important questions... View Details

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

leadership development programs for residents. The authors first present a definition of clinical leadership and highlight evidence that effective frontline clinical leadership improves both clinical outcomes and satisfaction for patients and providers. The authors... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

behavioral health economics, focusing on insurance markets and product markets in health care. We argue that the prevalence of choice difficulties and biases leading to mistakes in these markets establish a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

facilities. Social Enterprise Track, 2024 SeaCycle Hande Ilhan (MBA 2025) Jakob Spiess (MBA 2025) Pioneering sustainable biopolymer production. Solara Rea Savla (MBA 2024) Vishesh Mehta Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to... View Details

11 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

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 the View Details

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2003
News

A Casual Approach to Success

Francisco Free Clinic, an organization that provides free health care to the needy and is run by one of their children. The proud grandparents of twelve, Warren and Chris Hellman have a seemingly endless... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Aug 2013
News

Cause Marketing Gets Personal

Amy Schiffman Langer "My life experiences inform my work, and vice versa," says Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977). She has turned physical challenges—breast cancer, a disability, and chronic pain—into a focus on cause-marketing and advocacy. "I've parlayed my misfortunes... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

care at religious mass gatherings. However, in 2015, at the Kumbh Mela in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar, the state government extended its services to include a hypertension-screening program. We examine here the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-066 Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha... View Details

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

business community. The interview, facilitated by HBS’s Middle East and North Africa Research Center, is part of a collection that explores the evolution of business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Creating Emerging Markets Interview A... View Details

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

sense when the for-profit and nonprofit parts are tightly linked by a common purpose or platform. For example, in health care several very successful social entrepreneurs have created a hybrid model where... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Catalyst Medical Solutions

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins

Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Strategy; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Partners and Partnerships; Borrowing and Debt; Service Industry; Service Industry

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01 Mar 2004
News

The Business of Babies

The demand for babies by infertile couples and other would-be parents is huge — and little discussed. HBS professor Debora L. Spar addressed the market realities of adoption and scientific conception at the 2003 Alumni Health-Care Conference in November. The topic,... View Details