Publications

February 1977 (Revised May 1980)
Case

Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Contracts; Health Industry

July 1972 (Revised February 1979)
Case

New England Deaconess Hospital (B)

June 2003 (Revised August 2008)
Teaching Note

Children's Hospital and Clinics (TN)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael Roberto and Laura Feldman

Teaching Note for (9-302-050). View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Safety; Performance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

June 1999
Supplement

Transitional Infant Care Specialty Hospital

January 1982
Background Note

Proprietary Hospital Industry, Background Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

January 1992
Case

Johnson & Johnson: Hospital Services

The main issue has to do with the lack of fit or incompatibility between the early environmental requirements for strategy and the cultural constraints on the organization. Describes the internal resistance to the proposed changes and top management's efforts to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (A)

By: W. Carl Kester

HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Capital Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Borrowing and Debt; Health Industry; Tennessee

June 2009 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

By: Anita L. Tucker and Amy C. Edmondson

The case describes an organization's use of the science of improvement to transform their process quality from below average to the top 10% in their industry. The case outlines the protagonist's strategy of developing internal experts who are trained in a common... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Leading Change; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Performance Improvement; Health Industry; Ohio

winter 1971
Article

Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave

Keywords: Health; Insurance; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry

February 1986 (Revised May 2003)
Teaching Note

Shouldice Hospital Limited, Teaching Note

By: James L. Heskett

Teaching Note for (9-683-068). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Canada

The hospital industry has consolidated substantially during the past two decades and at an accelerated pace since 2010. Multiple studies have shown that hospital mergers have led to higher prices for commercially insured patients, but research about effects on... View Details

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (B)

By: W. Carl Kester

Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Equity; Debt Securities; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Health Industry; United States