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Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

shielded from consumer control— by employers, insurers, and the government.— Regina E. Herzlinger When Consumers Take Control When consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

for the private sector's consumer-driven experiences with lower-income populations, the experience of Whole Foods, a supermarket chain, is instructive. As of 2004, its employees, primarily blue collar, have saved $14 million in health savings accounts, while costs... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

02 Jan 2020
Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

resorting to Medicare’s financing gimmicks. About the Author Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

GAAP can wind up in jail or pay hefty fines. Its accounting principles are derived from an exhaustive public process overseen by experts in measurement, not like the stakeholders of present “transparency” who are interested in protecting... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

does not reinvent the wheel. We just want to make sure that it is rolled more effectively by both sides of the aisle. The calculations in this article are based upon our article in Health Affairs. About the Authors View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

December 2020
Other Article

Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers: Q&A with Professor Regina Herzlinger

Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, has been studying the health care sector for nearly half a century. In that time, she has seen significant innovation in the field—and she has also seen the powerful sway of the status quo,... View Details

Keywords: Digital Health; Telemedicine; Wearable Sensors; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Health Industry

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

other complaints about the company’s culture. "It's clear McDonald's culture is rotten from top to bottom,” she said. Perhaps the height of lack of disclosure was reached by a nonprofit CEO in Massachusetts, who boasted of his... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

26 Nov 2019
Interview

Who Killed Healthcare? Dr. Regina Herzlinger Knows Who's Guilty

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

COVID-19-Related Hospital Capacity Issues in Health Affairs. About the Authors Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

January–February 2014
Other Article

Barriers to Health Care Innovation: Regina Herzlinger Warns That Innovators Need to Know What Obstacles They Face and How to Overcome Them

Health care in the United States and in most other developed countries is ailing, says Regina E. Herzlinger. A chaired professor of business administration specializing in health care at Harvard Business School, Herzlinger says that although the world has witnessed... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Healthcare IT; Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Health; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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15 Oct 2020
Other Presentation

Pandemic Caused 'A Lot of Consumer-Driven Innovation': Harvard's Herzlinger

The "Godmother of consumer-driven health care" Regina Herzlinger of Harvard Business School and Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn discuss how the pandemic is a wake-up call for how U.S. health care is incentivized, and what can be done to improve the delivery of American... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care Industry; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States

August 6, 2020
Blog Post

Interview with Professor Regina Herzlinger on Balancing Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance with a Prominent Academic Career

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jared Mueller

2021
Other Unpublished Work

As Healthcare Costs Escalate, A New George and Regi Herzlinger Industry Award Shines a Spotlight on Innovation Education

The winners of the first ever CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award have just been announced. Regi Herzlinger explains why rewarding, supporting, and encouraging innovation education is so critical to solving the challenges of our industry. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management; Innovation and Invention; Education

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy share ideas. Professor View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

28 Aug 2020
Interview

Prof. Regina Herzlinger, Professor at Harvard Business School on Retail Medical Centers and Public Policy

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Gill Eapen

09 Feb 2024
HBS Case

Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive

what may at first blush appear to be an easier fix: new drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, says Harvard Business School Professor Regina E. Herzlinger, who has studied the American health care... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Pharmaceutical

March 5, 2022
Article

Hospital Capacity Shortages: An SEC-Backed Transparency “PULL” Will Open Beds Faster Than a “PUSH” by HHS

In the new normal of ongoing pandemics, hospital bed shortages will continue. Healthcare innovation expert and author of the upcoming book Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Services, Products, and Business Models (Wiley, 2023, 978-1119543008), HBS... View Details

Keywords: Hospital Capacity; Access To Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Capacity; Planning