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1 Mar 2012
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German Health Care: Moving to a Value-Based System

Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School assesses the German health care system and offers suggestions for reforming to a value-based system, where rewards flow to those practices performing best. Introduced by Karl Lauterbach, professor of health economics and... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Germany

March 2011 (Revised August 2014)
Background Note

Social Media in Health Care

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Selin Gunal Tyler and Charles C. Huang

This note reviews the social media firms in health care that help providers and consumers to interact and their nascent business models. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Industry

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1 Jun 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

The U.S. health care industry is unique in that despite the presence of significant competition, which usually drives increased value through decreased costs and improved quality, the nature of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

09 Oct 2009
News

A Better Health Care Alternative

28 Jun 2018
Video

Improving Health Care Through Research

31 Jan 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

15 Feb 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

15 Mar 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

11 Jun 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

14 May 2019
Video

Health Care Opportunities at HBS

30 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Health Care Initiative at HBS

Cara Sterling is the Director of the Health Care Initiative at HBS with over 20 years of experience in the health care industry. Cara is... View Details

14 Nov 2019
Video

Health Minute: Can Non-traditional Health Care Companies Impact the Health Sector?

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

As is clear to anyone who pays medical insurance premiums or has undergone any kind of medical procedure, the business of health care is an expensive one. The technology is expensive. The research is... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

Article

Supporting Value-Based Health Care—Aligning Financial and Legal Accountability

By: Mark M. Zaki, Anupam B. Jena and Amitabh Chandra

U.S. health care payment and delivery-system reforms have focused on improving care by making organizations accountable for outcomes, quality, and costs. Payers have supported the implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), bundled-payment models, and... View Details

Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; United States

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March 2017
Case

From mHealth Hackathon to Reality: Diabetes Care

By: Kevin Schulman and Curry Cheek

This case explores the development of a business plan for a mobile health application for diabetes care. The case depicts a student team excited about the opportunity to improve the care of patients with diabetes by contracting an app. They go through a rigorous... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Mobile Health Technologies; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Behavioral Economics; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Health Industry

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12 Apr 2017
Video

Health Care Sector at HBS

6 Jul 2009
Other Presentation

Value-Based Health Care Delivery

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and ―How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care, Journal of the American... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; United States

11 Sep 2009
Other Presentation

Value-Based Health Care Delivery

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care," Journal of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; United States