Personal Health Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Feb 2019
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Tracing Ridhi Tariyal's Startup Journey

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

22 Feb 2022
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Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations

fractures and subsequent complications kill 20 percent of their victims, and debilitating spine fractures represent a health care cost of $19 billion annually. “There are a number of medications to treat... View Details

Keywords: medical device; healthcare; entrepreneurship; Alumni New Venture Competition

01 Sep 2004
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A Market-Based Prescription

factories. Why are you such a strong advocate of a factory-like approach to health care? What I call health-care-focused factories are a response to the reality that today 80 percent of health-care costs are... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2014
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In Search of Innovation

Many of the innovations needed to increase the quality of health care in the United States while reducing its cost already exist, says Professor Richard Hamermesh, faculty cochair of the Forum on View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research

01 Apr 2001
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Adventure in China

commitment there (asking her only to repay its tuition costs plus interest), she worked at McKinsey for two years after graduation. Growing restless, she spent six months backpacking on her own through three continents, an experience that... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

delivery of sustainable health care.” NOVEMBER 24 Anne Miller (MBA 1988) is executive director of Project N95, a national nonprofit founded to get personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical equipment... View Details

Student-Profile

Hummy Song

across several Harvard graduate schools — including the Medical School, the Public Health School, and the Kennedy School. This means that each student can craft a unique and personalized path that best... View Details

30 Apr 2014
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Indian Start-up Wins HBS’s Top Prize in Social Enterprise

Keywords: Amrita Siagal; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall

1,500-person division is a leader in the emerging field of personalized medicine, which treats cancer and other diseases with customized therapies that take into account the patient’s specific genetic traits. With HBS professor Richard... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

care with health care partners Increase operational efficiencies: Match clinical resources to clinical processes and improve resource utilization Optimize costs over the full cycle of care Manage... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Off Script

(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise are many, including the high... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

honeymoon in Costa Rica, and then two weeks later I received an email from Randall Lane, editor at Forbes, welcoming me to the class of 2018.” Jeet Guram (MBA 2015) Meghana Dhar (MBA 2016) Shiv Gaglani (MBA 2016) What does this honor mean to you both View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

be important to determine how often physicians feel pressured into prescribing drugs inappropriately, and if this affects patient health. Silk: An important question facing policymakers is rising health care View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Jun 2009
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Faculty Books

Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care by Richard M.J. Bohmer (Harvard Business Press) In this book, Senior Lecturer Bohmer, a medical doctor, explains that health-care professionals provide two different types... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

returns on the investments in our assets. And then we will be able to grow and deliver more health care to more people." But what was most distinctive was the extent to which Gooding galvanized the turnaround by seeking to change the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jan 2021
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Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning

or to spot- and hand-clean garments before they go into the dry-cleaning process. “Most cleaners don’t do that,” he says. “That kind of detail isn’t cheap. A laundered shirt that might cost 99 cents to clean at a competitor starts around... View Details

Keywords: Personal and Laundry Services; Personal and Laundry Services

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

last person who has control of their health information and their own destiny is the patient. You would never run a business the way health care is run today. The best quality... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

19 Oct 2011
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A Good Look

Kemin Personal Care, a division of Kemin Industries, Levy launched her business-within-a-business in January this year. “We have the opportunity to be the No. 1 supplier of natural ingredients to the View Details