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- 17 Feb 2010
- News
Cut Costs and Improve Care? That's True Reform
Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech
Why has the biotechnology industry failed to perform up to expectations despite all its promise? In Science Business, Professor Gary Pisano answers this question by providing an incisive critique of the industry. Pisano not only... View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
The patient is weak, the situation is serious, but a cure is on the horizon—if we think differently about the underlying problem. Specifically, we need to innovate in health care just the way it is done in... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Doctors What They Need to Avoid Burnout
- 09 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Formal Employment and Organized Crime: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia
- February 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Bernd Sterzel at the IVth Medizinische Klinik (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
After 10 years of running a small laboratory at Yale Medical School, Dr. R. Bernd Sterzel assumes leadership of a nephrology clinic in Nurnberg and Erlangen, Germany. In his ambitious efforts to transform the clinic into a leading academic research institution, he... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Industry; Germany; Connecticut
Hill, Linda A. "Bernd Sterzel at the IVth Medizinische Klinik (A)." Harvard Business School Case 493-059, February 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- April 2012
- Article
Addressing the Leadership Gap in Medicine: Residents' Need for Systematic Leadership Development Training
By: Daniel Mark Blumenthal, Kenneth Richard Lee Bernard, Jordan David Bohnen and Richard Bohmer
All clinicians take on leadership responsibilities when delivering care. Evidence suggests that effective clinical leadership yields superior clinical outcomes. However, few residency programs systematically teach all residents how to lead, and many clinicians are... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Will there be 2020 foresight regarding America's skills dilemma?
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Innovation and Implementation in Cardiovascular Medicine
- 11 Feb 2016
- News
Standardizing Patient Outcomes Measurement
- October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
A Brush with AIDS (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
A product manager at a health products company is responsible for marketing sharps containers, which hospitals use to store used needles in order to protect medical workers from being pricked with AIDS-contaminated needles. After hospitals report repeated instances of... View Details
Keywords: Health; Cost vs Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Safety; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Goals and Objectives; Compensation and Benefits; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "A Brush with AIDS (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-058, October 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- 29 Jun 2012
- News
Mass. residents react to ruling with relief
- Article
One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn't Shared
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti
Precision Medicine requires large datasets to identify the mutations that lead to various cancers. Currently, genomic information is hoarded in fragmented silos within numerous academic medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and some disease-based foundations. For... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Treatment; Precision Medicine; Personalized Medicine; Data Sharing; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Research and Development; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn't Shared." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 28, 2016).
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Montefiore Medical Center
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Syeda Noorein Inamdar
A large urban medical center implements the Balanced Scorecard management tool. Elaine Brennan, senior VP of operations, has reorganized a highly functional health care organization into decentralized patient care centers and support units. Having recently endured the... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Health Care and Treatment; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Reporting; Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Communication; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Syeda Noorein Inamdar. "Montefiore Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 101-067, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 28 May 2013
- News
What the U.S. Can Learn From Healthcare Delivery Overseas
- 29 Oct 2019
- News
Walgreens adds in-store weight loss clinics to gain store traffic
- February 2023
- Case
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama, fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to securely restore the network, medical... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; United States; Alabama
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni. "Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 123-065, February 2023.
- June 2010 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Abridged)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
In 2000, Dr. Gary Kaplan became CEO of the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospital was facing significant challenges: it was losing money for the first time in its history, staff morale had plummeted, and area hospitals presented ardent... View Details
Keywords: History; Competition; Operations; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Seattle
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Virginia Mason Medical Center (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 610-055, June 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
- June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy
By: Michael Beer
This case series introduces the strategic human resource management (SHRM) process. SHRM is an action research program designed to align the organization and management of human resources with strategy. This case describes the health care industry, Becton Dickinson's... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Strategy; Alignment; Human Resources; Health Industry
Beer, Michael. "Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 491-151, June 1991. (Revised March 1995.)