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Managing the Most Expensive Patients
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDiscussions about reining in health care costs invariably turn to the sickest 5% of the population, who account for 50% of all health care spending. Most... -
Amazon’s Foray into Primary Care Won’t Be Easy
Corporate strategy Digital ArticleAfter its acquisition of One Medical, how will the giant navigate the U.S.’s $4.1 trillion health care sector? -
Do Your Company’s Abortion Benefits Cover Your Most Vulnerable Workers?
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleContractors, who are more likely to be women of color, often aren’t eligible for employer-sponsored coverage. -
When Inflation Rises, Health Outcomes Fall
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEmployers need to help people afford and access the care they need. -
Solving the Health Care Cost Crisis
Strategy & Execution VideoMichael Porter and Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard Business School professors, explain why providers must start with proper measurement. -
Roe v. Wade's Demise Is a Turning Point for Corporate America
Global Business Digital ArticleAccess to reproductive health care isn't just a political stance - it's a critical workplace issue that companies need to address. -
Employers, It’s Time to Talk About Infertility
Gender Digital ArticleIt’s a blind spot for many companies. -
How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA case study for effecting change in a change-averse industry. -
For Patients to Trust Medical AI, They Need to Understand It
Sales & Marketing ResearchAI has huge potential to improve the quality and affordability of care - but only if providers explain how it works. -
Whiteboard Session: Bringing the Best Business Ideas to Healthcare
Strategy & Execution VideoThomas Lee, MD explains how ideas from Michael Porter and other business thinkers could fix healthcare. -
How to Get Surgeons to Make Cost-Effective Decisions Without Jeopardizing Care
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleLessons from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. -
Designing Breakthrough Products
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThanks to the collaboration that the internet has made possible and the open innovation that it has spurred, we live in a world where ideas and solutions... -
Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHealth systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and... -
Research: When Leaders Disclose a Chronic Illness at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe majority of leaders who were open about their condition didn't regret it. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
To Fix Health Care, Ask the Right Questions
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIf people want to fix health care in the U.S., they need to set aside the prevailing myths that the system is broken or just needs to become more competitive... -
Customer Intimacy, Meet Operational Excellence
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe art is in optimizing apparent opposites simultaneously. -
A Simple Way to Identify Patients Who Need Tech Support for Telemedicine
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from Johns Hopkins Medicine. -
A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHere's what CEOs and other leaders can do. -
Why Physicians Resist Using Algorithm-Based Apps
Technology and analytics ResearchA study of physicians in the UK identified four reasons.
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Homage: Harnessing Technology to Tackle Singapore's Ageing Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Set in February 2018, the case follows Gillian Tee and Lily Phang, the co-founders of Homage, a Singapore-based tech startup providing on-demand home... -
Boston University Medical Center Hospital
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a "bundled pricing" approach to managed care contracting. Bundled pricing is a contracting strategy whereby a hospital and its physicians... -
Ambulance Diversion and Emergency Department Flow at the San Francisco General Hospital
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The emergency department of any large hospital is frequently subject to substantial patient crowding, a result of arrivals by foot and ambulance, and... -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2006, with healthcare costs and the number of uninsured rising, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation that aimed to provide health insurance to... -
Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Novartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies.... -
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland... -
Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide... -
Operation Warp Speed and the COVID-19 Vaccine
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in 2020, global health authorities and governments kick-started the quest for a vaccine for... -
A Note on Healthcare IT and Applications to the Healthcare Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details This note provides an overview of three key healthcare IT areas: electronic medical records and electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and... -
Female Health Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Female Health Company produces the female condom which is distributed by non-profit organisations in Africa to prevent HIV/AIDS. In February 2009 the... -
OrthoChoice: Bundled Payments in the County of Stockholm (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details By the end of 2008, all major hospitals (one of which was private) and three private specialized orthopedic centers signed OrthoChoice contracts. In 2009,... -
Expanding Health Insurance to Millions: Learning from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2008, the state of Oregon had the budget to enroll 10,000 individuals into Medicaid. But officials knew that demand for Medicaid would be far greater.... -
TecSalud's Response to COVID-19
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores TecSalud's response to COVID-19 between March 2020 and January 2021. TecSalud was the Healthcare System of the Instituto Tecnologico... -
The Physics of Patient Flows and Wait Lists in Health Care Pathways
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case allows course participants to use a graphical simulation tool to explore several key factors that lead to customer response delays in service... -
McKesson
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice... -
Nuritas
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Nora Khaldi had built a technology "to unlock the power of nature" in the service of extending human lifespan and improving health, and now in April 2020... -
Springfield Hospital
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details One of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation... -
Tanner Pharmaceuticals and the Price of a New Drug
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details One of the most profitable products for Tanner Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tanner), a major U.S. pharmaceutical company, was a vaccine with the brand name Zorstat....
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Homage: Harnessing Technology to Tackle Singapore's Ageing Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Set in February 2018, the case follows Gillian Tee and Lily Phang, the co-founders of Homage, a Singapore-based tech startup providing on-demand home... -
Five Keys to Prepare for the Business of Aging
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleEconomic and demographic forecasts reveal the unsustainability of health-care systems in industrialized countries. The rising proportion of elderly and... - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PERSISTENT SYSTEMS
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Boston University Medical Center Hospital
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes a "bundled pricing" approach to managed care contracting. Bundled pricing is a contracting strategy whereby a hospital and its physicians... -
Ambulance Diversion and Emergency Department Flow at the San Francisco General Hospital
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The emergency department of any large hospital is frequently subject to substantial patient crowding, a result of arrivals by foot and ambulance, and... -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2006, with healthcare costs and the number of uninsured rising, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation that aimed to provide health insurance to... -
Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Novartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies.... -
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland...