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- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery By: Burt, Bryan M., Andrew W. ElBardissi, Robert S. Huckman, Lawrence H. Cohn, Marisa W. Cevasco, James D. Rawn, Sary F. Aranki, and John G. Byrne Abstract—We hypothesized that increased post-graduate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
issues at all generally brush them off, believing that the problems can and will be solved by better governance and more political will, that states will take care of it. But the third troublesome phenomenon is that governments clearly... View Details
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
played a key role in driving performance improvement. Q: How will you take this work further? What are your next steps? A: The ideas here have been an interest of ours for some time. For instance, one of us (Michael) has written a case study about a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
fundamentally change the trajectory of a broken system. The bundled payment model, in contrast, triggers competition between providers to create value where it matters—at the individual patient level—and puts health View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
program started by teaching sailing skills to children with spinal cord injuries, it now serves children and adults with a variety of physical and emotional challenges as well as cancer patients and veterans. “I thought the best path to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings with their medical providers in real time. A year and a half after launching the program, the health system’s internal startup, innovationOchsner,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55802 forthcoming Journal of Medical Economics Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis for Outpatient Anticoagulation Therapy: Direct Costs in a Primary Care... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
Harvard Business School Case 714-471 Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care Since its establishment in 2005, Hamburg's Martini Klinik had single mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
valuations of consumers who have access to vouchers must systematically differ from—and typically be lower than—those of consumers who do not have access to vouchers. Offering vouchers is more profitable for merchants that are patient or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
organizations focused on patients and consumers" to advance health care. Why is this important? A: Americans are remarkably—sometimes painfully—resistant to acknowledging that we have a health-care system that is national in scope. I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the conventional wisdom by proving that there was big money to be made from patient investing in and the nurturing of small, unproven companies. In hindsight, it is Doriot’s work running ARD that truly distinguishes him as a 20th-century... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
Nair, who received his medical training in India and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Gita's case demonstrates not only the importance of getting good primary care but also that View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
from imperfect local institutions in developing countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-003.pdf Improving Patient Outcomes: The Effects of Staff Participation and Collaboration in Healthcare Delivery... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
same concept can be applied to health care. In its current form, most of us pay for blanket health care coverage that entitles us to a number of periodic services such as checkups, shots, mammograms, etc. The problem is that the costs of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017
aims to replace large delivery trucks with a platform that enables anyone to deliver packages in their car. Satchu-Burgstone Runner-Up Award: CozyKin pairs families seeking infant child care with in-home Montessori View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
After an overview of Boston Children's Hospital and its local health care market environment, the case presents process maps and financial data relating to patients making office visits to a plastic surgeon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
with similar experience, workload, and patient profiles—but varying in their level of task shifting—suggests that shifting of lower complexity tasks by senior surgeons to trained junior colleagues does not negatively impact in-hospital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
rededicating themselves to improving the value they deliver to their patients: better outcomes and lower costs. Time-driven activity-based costing offers the potential for clinicians to redesign their care processes toward that end. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne