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  • 03 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

he said, patients had to be "almost dead" before they could be treated for coronary artery disease with open-heart bypass surgery. The surgery was only available at select academic medical centers at great cost and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 06 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 6, 2015

Science and Innovation Task Shifting in Surgery: Lessons from an Indian Heart Hospital By: Gupta, Budhaditya, Robert S. Huckman, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—We present a case study that illustrates task shifting, the transfer of activities from senior to junior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

Clinic had been consistently ranked No. 1 by US News & World Report for heart surgery survival rates, her father opted to go to the No. 2 ranked Mayo Clinic. The reason for his choice: doctors at the Cleveland Clinic had a reputation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

Mexico. salaUno had grown from doing 75 cataract surgeries in its first month of operation to a high of 388 surgeries 21 months later. This case explores the challenges in scaling up a healthcare venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement Authors:Matthew Carty, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow, and Dennis Orgill Publication:Plastic and Reconstructive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

healthcare, to make it more feasible for other entrepreneurs to do similar work. "The odds against succeeding in a developing country are severe," he said. Robin Hood Via London Born and raised in India, Shetty went to medical school in Mangalore and trained... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

Reviews John Moran's 25-year career in the orthopedic industry and his current decision whether to start a hand and foot surgery company. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805026 Molecular... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Levine, G. Paul DeRosa, and Serena S. Hu Publication:Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (forthcoming) Abstract Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 23

following Boston Children's and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Texas Children's had some of the highest volumes in the nation, seeing more than 20,000 congenital heart disease patients and performing over 800 cardiac View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit Harvard Business School Case 409-090 Barbara Norris struggles to address the many problems facing her as a recently promoted nurse manager in the General View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

for six years in a row; but leadership saw CHOP as more than the large main campus in western Philadelphia. Beginning in the 1990s, CHOP had created a large network of Primary Care Providers, Specialty Care Centers, Ambulatory Surgery... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

of students, the researchers surmised it may dampen innovation among competitive companies. To test that hypothesis, McDonald, Pahnke, Hallen and Wang looked at close to 200 medical device startups that developed products for minimally invasive View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
  • 11 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

PeopleImages In 2012, federal court jurors listened as Ani Chopourian described the sexual harassment she endured as a cardiac surgery physician assistant at a Sacramento hospital. One surgeon greeted her each morning with “I’m horny” and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

its installation and customization, no surgical subspecialties besides the congenital heart and transplant surgery groups conducted prospective, patient outcomes measurement, but by 2015, the outcomes of over 1,300 unique patients with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

corruption, and social protests. This case discusses China's political and economic development in the 20th century to situate Xi's-and China's-contemporary challenges. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

occasionally faint during some of the surgery scenes.) Heskett says studying Shouldice helped him conceptualize the strategic-service vision that he and HBS colleagues would develop into a framework for success for service firms.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 23 Mar 2021
  • Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

boundaries of what is and is not acceptable in specific contexts and what degree of personal information we feel comfortable disclosing. You might not want to share, for example, all the gory details of your recent surgery with your... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

policy, not only would Medicare not cover the medication, but patients could no longer pay for it out of pocket. Instead, the cost had to be absorbed by the physician or surgery center. Imprimis now had to figure out a way to deal with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

needed MICU beds, forcing the patients' physicians to search for available beds on Meldon's other intensive care units. The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and the Thoracic Surgery Intensive Care Unit (TSICU) had available beds, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

annual public outcomes report. They also introduce bundled payment contracts with three insurers for orthopedic surgeries and join a multi-hospital study for applying time-driven activity-based costing to identify process improvement and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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