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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
INK: Taking Care
The sad and unfortunate fact is that one in every two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) writes in her new book, Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System. It first happened to her more than 25 years... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
hired—and receive health insurance? Some would counter that such personal information is, in a sense, already available, pointing to the fact that many companies require physicals for their employees as part... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
life, and we need to strive for balance. Is the idea of privacy generational? Allegra Jordan (MBA 1995), Chapel Hill, North Carolina Young people don't seem to care as much about their online privacy as their elders do, but we've all contributed to making privacy... View Details
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
ask them whether a drug will “work in people like me.” Beyond the health and financial ramifications of overlooking large population segments, the research offers a call to action for drugmakers at a time when companies face pressure to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
expanding what had been successful for them into other cities,” Sanchez agrees. “I would love to do the same for anyone else.” For further information on the Community Partners Program in South Florida, e-mail HBSCPSF@aol.com; for View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource
and the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association — have established organizations to bring alumni together and provide the opportunity to share and discuss important information on industry-related issues.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Health Care Organizations by David W. Young (DBA ’77) (Jossey-Bass) Young, a member of the faculty at Boston University’s School of Management who will teach next semester at IESE Business School in Barcelona, specializes in management... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
Health Care: Data-Driven Diagnosis Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008) President, American Medical Association; Global Chief Medical Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation “We’re entering the third phase of health... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
Coleman MBA 2010), managing director and chief administrative officer for alternatives and institution at Invesco and board member of the National Monuments Foundation Erik Pickering (MBA 1999), president of Tracers Information... View Details
- October 2013
- Article
Barriers to Completion of Patient Reported Outcome Measures
By: Elizabeth H. Schamber, Steven K. Takemoto, Kate Eresian Chenek and Kevin J. Bozic
Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) are commonly used in total joint arthroplasty (TJA) to assess surgical outcomes. However certain patient populations may be underrepresented due to lower survey completion rates. The purpose of this study is to evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Patient Reported Outcome Measures; PROM; Total Joint Arthroplasty; Hip; Knee; Electronic Survey; Equality and Inequality; Demographics; Surveys; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Schamber, Elizabeth H., Steven K. Takemoto, Kate Eresian Chenek, and Kevin J. Bozic. "Barriers to Completion of Patient Reported Outcome Measures." Journal of Arthroplasty 28, no. 9 (October 2013).
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Conference Examines Intersection of Medicine and Business
Medicine and Business,” set the stage for a number of thought-provoking presentations on topics including regenerative medicine, stent wars, disruptive innovation, and consumer-driven health care in Switzerland. For View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Birds and Bees in China
information seemed to be pornography or very clinical information on reproductive health from the government." Shunning risqué material, Kenny's Hong Kong-based Dotlove.com Web... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
and PhytoTEK were semifinalists, while AI Exchange received a mention at Monday's awards dinner as the winner of an informal popular vote. Modeled after the HBS student Business Plan Contest, now in its 15th... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
airports. As people begin to internalize the collective nature of public health, sharing of personal health and air quality metrics—using wearables and smartphones—could lead to new applications that provide real-time View Details
- October 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Aspen Technology, Inc.: Currency Hedging Review
By: Peter Tufano
The chief financial officer of a rapidly growing U.S.-based software firm that sells its process-control software to industrial users around the globe must review the goals, strategies, and policies of the firm's currency hedging program. This review is prompted by... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Applications and Software; Investment; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Aspen Technology, Inc.: Currency Hedging Review." Harvard Business School Case 296-027, October 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of addiction psychiatry had been unable... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
option information without their partners present had a 57 percent reduction in unwanted births. When Ashraf presented her findings to the Zambian Ministry of Health last summer, officials pointed out that... View Details
- fall 2007
- Article
An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units
By: A. L. Tucker
Tucker, A. L. "An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492–505.
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Yi-An Huang
internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an exciting sector with powerful social... View Details
Keywords: Health Care