Publications

Fall 2022
Article

Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry into Hospice

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Douglas M. Ely

If humanity is to survive the climate crisis, we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels. The correct models for this resolution are triage, euthanasia, and hospice. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Climate Change; Energy Industry

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July 2022
Supplement

Transformational Medical Advances: Dame Saunders and the Hospice Movement: Tom Dickerson

By: Amar Bhide

September 2008 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Odyssey Healthcare

By: Robert F. Higgins, Virginia Fuller and Umer Raffat

In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been... View Details

Keywords: Liquidity; Venture Creation/development; Hospice; Venture Capital; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; United States

July 2022
Supplement

Transformational Medical Advances: Dame Saunders and the Hospice Movement: Kate Kirk

By: Amar Bhide

December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Dame Cicely Saunders and the Modern Hospice Movement: A Brother's View

By: Amar Bhidé and Srikant M. Datar

2024
Working Paper

Cicely Saunders and Modern Hospices—A Brother’s View: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar

This case history describes the role of Dame Cicely Saunders (1918-2005) in shaping the modern hospice movement. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Power and Influence

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March 2015 (Revised June 2015)
Case

Medalogix

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

This case examines an exciting new approach to health care that will help care providers identify when hospice services are the appropriate type of care for patients. The company, Medalogix, already has a product on the market that uses a proprietary algorithm to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Health Care Services; Implementing Strategy; Dissemination; Innovation; Market Selection; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; United States

2024
Working Paper

Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Zirui Song

Private Equity (“PE”) has come under increased scrutiny by the press, academics, and policymakers, as well as the public, for its investments in health care delivery. This scrutiny has been exacerbated by recent high profile hospital bankruptcies following PE... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Government Administration; Acquisition; Health Industry