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- 25 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
created a more effective group dynamic that enabled us to get more out of ourselves and each session. Also, TOM was interesting.” What advice would you give doctors considering attending HBS? “The learning...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
tone quality, it was nothing short of a nightmare. After exhausting other treatment options, Frisch chose a radical alternative: having tiny, needle-like electrodes placed inside his brain. Those electrodes are part of a device called...
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Janelle Nanos
- 01 Sep 2008
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In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
treatments and toward value for patients; he defined “value” as “health outcomes per dollar spent.” Instead of the current system of disjointed, episodic medical interventions, Porter argued for an integrated model that addresses the...
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- 04 Jun 2008
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Whistle While You Work
to incorporate their dynamic ultimately subvert business and the workplace, rather than make them function better? All this got me to thinking that in America, it often seems we’re doing our best to make work into play — and vice versa....
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- 18 Nov 2021
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Strength in Numbers
is that thing,” Verdi says. “It’s one of the top three causes of our age,” adds Swartz. Both the Verdi and Swartz families have witnessed, firsthand, the negative effects of our nation’s disjointed treatment...
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April White
- 20 Nov 2014
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Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
amount of time to type a response; once the cold call is complete, peers are asked to rate it and react, simulating the dynamics of the HBS classroom experience. Participants receive grades based on interaction with fellow students,...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care
The best way to achieve lower costs is actually to drive up quality. That’s the dynamic we need to harness. What would health-insurance plans do differently in a value-driven system? Health plans have eroded the trust of many of their...
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- 23 Mar 2016
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Curing Parkinson’s Disease
properties of a virus known as M13—properties first recognized by Solomon’s mother, a leading Alzheimer’s researcher—and produce a medication to treat diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimers’s. As Solomon tells Palreman: “A single compound that View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
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Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
advertising and marketing filled with stark depictions of the harsh realities of drug use. On this episode of Skydeck, Langford speaks with associate editor Julia Hanna about how they’ll craft these messages, how effective they can be—and...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Ticked Off
The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners recently partnered with Time for Lyme (TFL), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Founded in 1998, TFL has raised...
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- 01 Aug 2001
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Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
respected spokesperson for patient needs and rights. She advises corporate and government cancer programs and medical professional organizations, gives presentations on cancer survivor- ship at national conferences, and testifies before Congress on cancer research and...
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- 01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2 billion Medicare spends on those surgical procedures each year,...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Making a Statement
treatment centers in the country. Paul’s experience led him to make a gift during his 25th Reunion to endow a fund to benefit the School’s Health Care Initiative. Given the fund’s initial success, he recently made a significant additional...
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- 27 Jul 2016
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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
abilities are often delayed, and through counseling programs, through mental health services, we address those issues. We work not only to fix schools but also to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. “When I get to see the effect...
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- 29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
collectively, to the company’s goals. “When it comes to decision making and communication, HBS taught me that, while there is never a ‘right answer,’ effective leaders must always 1) have an opinion; 2) support this opinion with data; 3)...
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- 16 Jul 2019
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The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their...
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- 18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall
medical system, however, new science has to clear a high hurdle before it has an impact on practice. This caution is sensible in some arenas, but personalized medicine results in safer and more effective therapy choices, not higher risk....
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
has developed a "three-dimensional" model that, in addition to utilizing two familiar and traditional aspects of negotiation, offers a third, multifaceted approach that has enormous potential to increase effective negotiation. According...
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Anita M. Harris
- 01 Mar 2010
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Noted & Quoted
computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic effects of people increasingly...
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