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- 2014
- Working Paper
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
By: Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker and Karen L. Murrell
We conduct an empirical investigation of the impact of queue management on patients' average wait time and length of stay (LOS). Using an Emergency Department's (ED) patient-level data from 2007 to 2010, we find that patients' average wait time and LOS are longer when...
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Pooling;
Queue Management;
Strategic Servers;
Social Loafing;
Empirical Operations;
Health Care;
Fairness;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Delivery;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Song, Hummy, Anita L. Tucker, and Karen L. Murrell. "The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay." Working Paper. (October 2014.)
- July–September 2023
- Article
A Systematic Review of Respect Between Acute Care Nurses and Physicians
By: Derrick P. Bransby, Anna T. Mayo, Matthew A. Cronin, Katie Park and Christina Yuan
Background: Interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians has become an essential part of patient care, which, when lacking, can lead to well-known challenges. One possible explanation for ineffective nurse–physician collaboration is a lack of...
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Keywords:
Relationships;
Status and Position;
Cooperation;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Outcome or Result;
Health Industry
Bransby, Derrick P., Anna T. Mayo, Matthew A. Cronin, Katie Park, and Christina Yuan. "A Systematic Review of Respect Between Acute Care Nurses and Physicians." Health Care Management Review 48, no. 3 (July–September 2023): 237–248.
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
that believe their sustainability efforts are not being fully rewarded by the market. In particular, the research shows companies with overall good performance in their Environmental, Social, and Governance...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor....
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- July 2023
- Case
DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome (Abridged)
By: Ayelet Israeli
DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of trial rollout in...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
AI and Machine Learning;
Nutrition;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Marketing;
Distribution Channels
Israeli, Ayelet. "DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 524-015, July 2023.
- July 2020
- Article
Lessons from the Impact of Price Regulation on the Pricing of Anticancer Drugs in Germany
By: Victoria D. Lauenroth, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Ameet Sarpatwari and Ariel Dora Stern
Worldwide spending on prescription drugs has increased dramatically in recent years. Although this increase has been particularly pronounced in the U.S., it remains largely unaddressed there. In Europe, however, different approaches to regulating drug prices have been...
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Keywords:
Pharmaceuticals;
Prescription Drug Costs;
Drug Pricing;
Access To Care;
Cost Reduction;
Health Care and Treatment;
Price;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Cost Management;
Germany
Lauenroth, Victoria D., Aaron S. Kesselheim, Ameet Sarpatwari, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Lessons from the Impact of Price Regulation on the Pricing of Anticancer Drugs in Germany." Health Affairs 39, no. 7 (July 2020): 1185–1193.
- March 2017
- Case
PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World
By: Kevin Schulman, Sashidaran Moodley and Anant Vasudevan
PharmAccess is an Amsterdam-based NGO working to support the development of the private health care market in Africa. This work is critical as over 50% of care is delivered through the private sector, but well-intentioned efforts to address global health through the...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Online Technology;
Health Industry;
Africa;
Kenya
Schulman, Kevin, Sashidaran Moodley, and Anant Vasudevan. "PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World." Harvard Business School Case 317-103, March 2017.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Responding Strategically to Competitors' Failures: Evidence from Medical Device Recalls & New Product Submissions
By: George P. Ball, Jeffrey T. Macher and Ariel Dora Stern
Medical device firms operate at the frontiers of innovation. When functioning properly, innovative medical devices can prolong and improve lives; when malfunctioning, the same devices may harm patients and lead to product recalls. Product recalls create significant...
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Keywords:
New Product Development;
Recalls;
Product Failures;
Medical Devices;
FDA;
Health Care;
Product Development;
Product;
Failure;
Competition;
Opportunities;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Ball, George P., Jeffrey T. Macher, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Responding Strategically to Competitors' Failures: Evidence from Medical Device Recalls & New Product Submissions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-028, September 2018. (Revised March 2022.)
- May 2013
- Article
Health Care's Service Fanatics: How the Cleveland Clinic Leaped to the Top of the Patient-satisfaction Surveys
By: James Merlino and Ananth Raman
The Cleveland Clinic has long had a reputation for medical excellence. But in 2009 the CEO acknowledged that patients did not think much of their experience there, and he decided to act. Since then the Clinic has leaped to the top tier of patient-satisfaction surveys,...
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Merlino, James, and Ananth Raman. "Health Care's Service Fanatics: How the Cleveland Clinic Leaped to the Top of the Patient-satisfaction Surveys." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 5 (May 2013): 108–116.
- September 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
In the post-9/11 era information technology enablement for emergency preparedness and response have taken on increased significance. Public health organizations like ADHS play a critical role in any statewide preparation for large scale emergencies. With issues like...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Information Technology;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Processes;
Service Delivery;
National Security;
Health Industry;
Health Industry;
Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency." Harvard Business School Case 807-016, September 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- 2006
- Chapter
Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Transforming the Delivery of Health Services
By: R. E. Herzlinger
Herzlinger, R. E. "Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Transforming the Delivery of Health Services." In Futurescan: Healthcare Trends and Implications, 2006 2011, 13–20. Health Administration Press, 2006.
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on "The Future of Market Capitalism." The HBS Alumni Bulletin spoke...
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by Garry Emmons
- October 2002
- Book Review
Book Review of Beatrix Hoffman's The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America
By: David A. Moss
Moss, David A. "Book Review of Beatrix Hoffman's The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27, no. 5 (October 2002): 869–873.
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on “The Future of Market Capitalism.” The Bulletin spoke with Bower shortly...
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- September 2013 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
OdontoPrev
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Matthew Lingenbrink, Joshua Turnbull and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho
Brazil's largest dental insurer, a successful and innovative firm, has saturated the corporate market and faces stiffer competition. It must decide whether to enter a new market in Brazil or to expand into other parts of Central and South America.
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Keywords:
Health;
Business or Company Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Insurance;
Health Industry;
Health Industry;
North and Central America;
Brazil
Herzlinger, Regina E., Matthew Lingenbrink, Joshua Turnbull, and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho. "OdontoPrev." Harvard Business School Case 314-038, September 2013. (Revised May 2014.)
- February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Gregory P. Licholai and Federica Gabrieli
Can Brainlab, a privately held firm, compete with giants like Medtronic and Amazon in delivering the Digital Operating Room of the future? The CEO is pondering solutions for secure exchange of medical information, pricing a new robotic imaging device, and reorganizing...
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Keywords:
Surgery;
Robotics;
Health Care;
Private Healthcare;
Pricing;
Technology Platform;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Health Industry;
Europe;
Germany;
Munich
Herzlinger, Regina E., Gregory P. Licholai, and Federica Gabrieli. "Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future." Harvard Business School Case 321-087, February 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Defining the field of cause-related marketing
After being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) left a career in investment banking to launch the National Breast Cancer Coalition and changed the way organizations raise awareness about important...
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- 04 Feb 2022
- News