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- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
have created larger roles for consumers in the health care marketplace. Obamacare opened up a mass market of coverage sold directly to individuals. This was arguably the largest driver View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
of its inadequate payments. In the end, the Democrats' health care reform will require drastic rationing of health care for the sick to control... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Care for the Elderly: Process is More Important Than the Destination
400 million by 2033 and one third of the population by 2050), I wanted to utilize my background in health care services / life insurance, to be part of the solution to provide... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- July 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Navraj S. Nagra and Syed S. Shehab
Dr. Andrea Pusic, breast cancer reconstruction surgeon, wants to extend outcomes measurement beyond traditional surgical metrics of infections, complications, and survival rates. The case describes her development of a new mobile phone app, which collects patients’... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Health Testing and Trials; Surveys; Health Industry; Boston
Kaplan, Robert S., Navraj S. Nagra, and Syed S. Shehab. "Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care." Harvard Business School Case 122-010, July 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- Web
Work & Life - Race, Gender & Equity
Care Tech. / Social Assistance 49 55 Software Publishers / Technology 52 54 “My career has been fulfilling and I achieved most of the goals that I had set for myself. I’m still young but feeling a bit burnt... View Details
- Web
Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts The Health Care Crisis In... View Details
- Web
HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement
Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS... View Details
- 25 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)
life and make people happier impacts not only the poor, but also more affluent Americans living at the edge of their means in a bumpy economy. Indeed, in 2019, one in every four Americans faced financial... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement
Sutter Author Health Care Initiative Team tag Care Delivery Health Care at HBS The Physician Shadow Program, sponsored by the HBS Health Care... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
crowds' breeds convenient conformity and creativity is often lost in the process." At the other end of the intuition-analysis spectrum, R. C. Saxena opined, "I believe intuition ought not to play... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
to get the best results with the lowest costs." “In the end what we're looking for is the first community that actually lowers health care costs without harming a soul." —Atul Gawande Gawande... View Details
- 07 Oct 2016
- News
Kathy Giusti: Sharing Life Lessons From a Death Sentence
- Web
Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
provide hands-on guidance and operational support for students who are seriously pursuing founding or joining life sciences ventures before, upon, or soon after, graduation. Students will learn and develop frameworks, tools, a network,... View Details
- Web
Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health - Health Care
Impact Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health Building Affordable Health Care in Paradise Re: Tarun Khanna Health Minute: How Can Companies Bring "Missing Drugs" to Market? More “Developing Nations” stories Faculty Focus Global... View Details
- 2007
- Book
An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe
By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim
"Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Financial Instruments; Framework; Market Entry and Exit; Insurance; Revenue Recognition; Fair Value Accounting; Standards; United Kingdom
Horton, Joanne G., Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim. An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe. London, UK: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Centre for Business Performance, 2007.
- September 2016
- Case
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical Center connecting low-income patients with basic resources like heating assistance, job training, and childcare... View Details
Keywords: Scaling Social Enterprise; Scaling Social Impact; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Outcomes; Health Care Reform; Nonprofit; Nonprofit Scaling; Social Enterprise; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 517-024, September 2016.
- September 2016
- Case
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
Explores strategies to achieve system-level impact for a nonprofit focused on addressing patients' basic social needs through healthcare institutions. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical Center connecting low-income patients with basic... View Details
Keywords: Scaling Social Impact; Nonprofit; Healthcare; Health Care Outcomes; Health Care Reform; Health Care Delivery; Scaling Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Health; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (A)." Harvard Business School Case 517-022, September 2016.
- 2019
- Article
Preferences for Experienced Versus Remembered Happiness
By: Cassie Mogilner and Michael I. Norton
Consider two types of happiness: one experienced on a moment-to-moment basis, the other a reflective evaluation where people feel happy looking back. Though researchers have measured and argued the merits of each, we inquired into which happiness people say they want.... View Details
Keywords: Well-being; Life Satisfaction; Experience; Retrospective; Time; Happiness; Satisfaction; Welfare; Perception
Mogilner, Cassie, and Michael I. Norton. "Preferences for Experienced Versus Remembered Happiness." Journal of Positive Psychology 14, no. 2 (2019): 244–251.
- 20 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS
dog, Piper. We caught up with Annie to learn more about her and Piper’s experience at HBS. Were you nervous about coming to HBS with a dog?I was a little nervous that I'd feel like I was missing out on experiences by having to take care... View Details