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05 Jun 2023
News

How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine

Keywords: telemedicine

2022
Article

Investigating the Association Between Telemedicine Use and Timely Follow-Up Care After Acute Cardiovascular Hospital Encounters

By: Mitchell Tang, A Jay Holmgren, Erin E. McElrath, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Anubodh S. Varshney, Simin Gharib Lee, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Dale S. Adler and Robert S. Huckman

Background: Telemedicine use increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, questions remain as to how telemedicine use impacts care.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of increased telemedicine use on rates of... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Telemedicine; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Behavior; Health Industry; United States

January 2010 (Revised August 2012)
Background Note

Note on Telemedicine

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jillian Copeland

This note provides background in all the modalities of telemedicine. It accompanies the cases "Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative" (A) and (B), HBS Nos. 302-005 and 309-064. View Details

Keywords: Interactive Communication; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Health Industry; Telecommunications Industry

June 5, 2023
Article

How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine

By: Mitchell Tang, Louise Short, Ryan June, Matthew Dowling and Ateev Mehrotra

Telemedicine visits in the United States have fallen sharply since April 2020, but the end of the pandemic should not spell the end of telemedicine. It can play a valuable role in the delivery of health care. The key to tapping its potential is to bring many elements... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation

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01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived

percent were virtual visits. And Teladoc, the largest private sector telemedicine company, reported more than 300,000 virtual visits in the second quarter of 2017, a 55 percent increase over the same quarter in 2016. Patients are becoming... View Details

Keywords: Halle Tecco (MBA 2011), founder emeritus, Rock Health; angel investor; adjunct professor, Columbia Business School

20 Nov 2020
News

The Pitfalls of Telehealth — and How to Avoid Them

Keywords: telemedicine

Article

The Business of Medicine in the Era of COVID-19

By: David M. Cutler, Sayeh Nikpay and Robert S. Huckman

This Viewpoint discusses the shifting landscape of health care financing, regulation, and delivery as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and discusses regulatory and other changes that need to be in place if telehealth and physician practice and hospital mergers... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; COVID-19; Telemedicine; Business; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Change; Competition

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December 2020
Other Article

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

By: Regina E. 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

December 2021
Article

Primary Care Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Simulated Patient Study

By: Michael Anne Kyle, Renuka Tipirneni, Nitya Thakore, Sneha Dave and Ishani Ganguli

Background
Primary care practices have experienced major strains during the COVID-19 pandemic, such that patients newly seeking care may face potential barriers to timely visits.
Objective
To quantify availability and wait times for new patient... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Ambulatory Care; Policy/economics; Access; Telemedicine; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment

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September 2012 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Philips-Visicu

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley

Would the advent of global payment models and ACOs create sufficient demand for a telemedicine offering covering the care continuum, from hospitals to the home? This was the decision facing Royal Philips Electronics (Philips), the Netherlands-based producer of... View Details

October 2016 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Innovating Beyond Ochsner

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull

The Ochsner Health System has developed a proprietary software tool designed to treat hypertension. Built into the system’s electronic medical records, the Hypertension Digital Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings... View Details

February 2023
Article

Maintaining Health Care Innovations After the Pandemic

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Barak D. Richman and Kevin A. Schulman

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the worst failings of the health care system, but it also stimulated a flurry of innovations that could lead to a much-improved delivery system. These were innovations that were born out of necessity: telemedicine access and use... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Outcomes; Innovation; Innovation In Healthcare Delivery; COVID; COVID-19 Pandemic; Pandemics; Telemedicine; Telehealth; Ambulatory Care; Vaccines; Innovation and Invention; Change; Health Industry

September 2013 (Revised October 2016)
Background Note

A Note on Healthcare IT and Applications to the Healthcare Industry

By: Robert F. Higgins and Diana Maichin

This note provides an overview of three key healthcare IT areas: electronic medical records and electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and telemedicine. This note also contains a glossary of key terms and acronyms in this space as well as exhibits... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Healthcare IT; Healthcare; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures; Electronic Medical Records; Electronic Health Records; Revenue Cycle Management; Telemedicine; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States

March 2021 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Philips: Redefining Telehealth

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Alec Petersen, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley

As one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, Philips sought to reach beyond the walls of the hospital and expand its hospital-to-home program to gain future competitive advantage through technology solutions combining predictive analytics with care delivery. By... View Details

14 Oct 2016
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ConnectHealth is Crowd Favorite in 2016 Alumni New Venture Competition

06 Jun 2018
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July, 2022
Article

Telehealth Visits After Shoulder Surgery: Higher Patient Satisfaction and Lower Costs

By: Evan A. O'Donnell, Jillian E. Haberli, Andres Muniz Martinez, Daniel Yagoda, Robert S. Kaplan and Jon J.P. Warner

Purpose and Methods: The study compared the cost of telemedicine visits with in-person clinic visits for routine follow-up after common shoulder surgeries. It also evaluated the safety and patient experience with telemedicine visits. Time-driven activity-based costing... View Details

Keywords: Telehealth; Patient Satisfaction; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Health Industry

October 2022 (Revised September 2024)
Case

mPharma: Scaling Access to Affordable Primary Care in Africa

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo

mPharma hopes to scale up to create the largest pan-African healthcare company ever to provide much-needed primary care in retail pharmacies; a reliable, fairly priced supply of drugs; and micro-insurance for drugs. They must prioritize launching a telemedicine... View Details

April 2014 (Revised January 2015)
Background Note

Note on Mobile Healthcare

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

Delivering health care to the global population was a challenge. Health care costs accounted for ten percent of world GDP by 2013. In the U.S., health care costs were expected to top $3.1 trillion in 2014. New technologies, shortages of trained personnel and... View Details

March 2020
Case

Maven Clinic: Women's Health in the Digital Age

By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta

In late 2017, Kate Ryder, the founder and CEO of digital women’s health telemedicine company Maven Clinic, faced an important decision. Maven offered both a direct to consumer (D2C) product that anyone could use to book virtual appointments with health practitioners... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Strategy; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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