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  • October 20, 2021
  • Other Article

On the Brink of a Digital Health Care Transformation: What Germany Can Learn from the United States

By: Yoni Goldwasser, William J. Gordon, Jan B. Brönneke and Ariel D. Stern
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  • 11 Aug 2016
  • News

Finalists Announced in Harvard Business School-Harvard Medical School Health Acceleration Challenge

  • October 1999 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case

VITAS: Innovative Hospice Care

VITAS, a for-profit hospice, has grown through acquisitions and start-ups. The company considers a rollup strategy, and Deirdre Lawe must decide whether to make a particular acquisition. View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; For-Profit Firms; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Service Industry
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  • November 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

American Cancer Society: Access to Care

By: Robert L. Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer Society. The new Access to Care strategy relies on advocacy to change public policy and increase the number of Americans eligible for cancer prevention and treatment. The new strategy... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Governance Controls; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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  • January–February 2013
  • Article

Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis
We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the United... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Policy; Healthcare; Fairness; Resource Allocation; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; United States
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  • December 1986 (Revised November 1988)
  • Background Note

Note on Long-Term Care

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment
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  • October 2023
  • Article

Clinician Response to Patient Medication Prices Displayed in the Electronic Health Record

By: Anna D Sinaiko, Caroline E Sloan, Mark J Soto, Olivia Zhao, Chen-Tan Lin and Foster R Goss
Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Electronic Health Records; Physicians; Prescription Drug Costs; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Health Industry
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  • 13 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

The intervention itself is very low-cost; the huge cost of implementing public health programs for the poor is in the delivery system. Q: Is healthcare for the poor commercially viable? A: For many people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 07 Jan 2016
  • News

Mass. Launches Partnership Aimed At Boosting Digital Health Sector

  • 15 Jul 2020
  • Video

The HBS Health Minute: A Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs

  • 26 May 2020
  • News

The Five Deadly Sins Of Private Health Insurance

  • Article

Social Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Care for Older Adults

By: Arthur Kleinman, Hongtu Chen, Sue E. Levkoff, Ann Forsyth, David E. Bloom, Winnie Yip, Tarun Khanna, Conor J. Walsh, David Perry, Ellen W. Seely, Anne S. Kleinman, Yan Zhang, Yuan Wang, Jun Jing, Tianshu Pan, Ning An, Zhenggang Bai, Jiexiu Wang, Qing Liu and Fawwaz Habbal
Population aging is a defining demographic reality of our era. It is associated with an increase in the societal burden of delivering care to older adults with chronic conditions or frailty. How to integrate global population aging and technology development to help... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Age; Service Delivery; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
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  • April 18, 2022
  • Article

Will mRNA Technology Companies Spawn Innovation Ecosystems?

By: Christoph Grimpe, Timo Minssen, W. Nicholson Price, II and Ariel Dora Stern
The mRNA technologies that helped rapidly create effective COVID-19 vaccines could become technology platform businesses, which has tremendous implications for players in the world of drug development. These platforms could attract other companies interested in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Digital Health; Technology; Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Digital Transformation; Health Industry; United States
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  • July 1991 (Revised July 1993)
  • Case

Alliant Health System: A Vision of Total Quality

Alliant has been a leader in the health care industry in implementing total quality management. After five years, however, they do not have much to show for their efforts except a "foundation" of quality attitudes and processes. The case discusses their plans to "jump... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Management Practices and Processes; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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  • June 2011 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Colgate-Palmolive: Staying Ahead in Oral Care

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
In 2011, Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) was the global leader in oral care, with a dominant market share lead in toothpaste and a growing presence in toothbrushes and mouthwash. However, the firm faced stiff competition with perennial rivals P&G increasing their focus on... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Relationships; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry
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  • 20 Nov 2014
  • News

Finalists Announced in Harvard Business School-Harvard Medical School Health Acceleration Challenge

  • 2023
  • Article

Digital Health Reimbursement Strategies of 8 European Countries and Israel: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping

By: Robin van Kessel, Divya Srivastava, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Giovanni Monti, David Novillo-Ortiz, Ran Milman, Wojciech Wilhelm Zhang-Czabanowski, Greta Nasi, Ariel Dora Stern, George Wharton and Elias Mossialos
Background: The adoption of digital health care within health systems is determined by various factors, including pricing and reimbursement. The reimbursement landscape for digital health in Europe remains underresearched. Although various emergency reimbursement... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Health Care and Treatment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Price; Health Industry; Europe; Israel
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  • March 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Case

Philips: Redefining Telehealth

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Alec Petersen, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley
As one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, Philips sought to reach beyond the walls of the hospital and expand its hospital-to-home program to gain future competitive advantage through technology solutions combining predictive analytics with care delivery. By... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Philips; Visicu; Telemedicine; eICU; Accountable Care Organization; ACO; Bundled Payment; Hospital To Home; Patient Monitoring Devices; Home Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Quality; Safety; Performance Productivity; Performance Capacity; Performance Efficiency; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Health Industry; Health Industry; Netherlands
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  • August 2014
  • Case

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Meng Li
Keywords: Health; Health Care Industry; Health Insurance; United States; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States; Florida
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  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Video

Health Minute: Measure Costs Correctly for Better Patient Outcomes