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Time-driven Activity-based Costing of Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting across National Boundaries to Identify Improvement Opportunities: Study Protocol
By: F. Erhun, B. Mistry, T. Platcheck, A. Milstein, V.G. Narayanan and R. S. Kaplan
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a common treatment for coronary artery disease—a disease that affects over 10% of US adults and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In 2005, the mean cost for a CABG procedure among Medicare beneficiaries in the...
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Activity Based Costing and Management;
Health Disorders;
Health Care and Treatment;
United States;
India
Erhun, F., B. Mistry, T. Platcheck, A. Milstein, V.G. Narayanan, and R. S. Kaplan. "Time-driven Activity-based Costing of Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting across National Boundaries to Identify Improvement Opportunities: Study Protocol." BMJ Open 5, no. 8 (2015).
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Providing the Care That Seniors Need
and raising a family, and becoming a caregiver to an aged parent. “Through that process I began to look at what was available in the marketplace for the aged who had cognitive disorders like dementia, but also the aged in general, and I...
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- January 2007
- Article
A Randomized Clinical Trial of EMDR, Fluoxetine and Pill Placebo in the Treatment of PTSD: Treatment Effects and Long-term Maintenance
By: Bessel A. van der Kolk, Joseph Spinazzola, Margaret E. Blaustein, James Hopper, Elizabeth Hopper, Deborah Korn and William B. Simpson
van der Kolk, Bessel A., Joseph Spinazzola, Margaret E. Blaustein, James Hopper, Elizabeth Hopper, Deborah Korn, and William B. Simpson. "A Randomized Clinical Trial of EMDR, Fluoxetine and Pill Placebo in the Treatment of PTSD: Treatment Effects and Long-term Maintenance." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 68, no. 1 (January 2007).
- January 2022
- Supplement
Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)
By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
Set in early 2020, this (B) case provides an update to the (A) case (no. 622-009) and provides additional context regarding the challenges facing Somatus.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Medical Specialties;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Management;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Value;
Value Creation;
Health Industry;
United States;
Virginia
Stern, Ariel D., Robert S. Huckman, and Sarah Mehta. "Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-045, January 2022.
- November 2009 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
Dedicated to accelerating the development of a safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccine, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) pioneered ways of addressing the inadequate incentive structures that prevented progress toward vaccines for AIDS and...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Business and Government Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Research and Development;
Social Enterprise;
Health Industry
Grossman, Allen S., and Cathy Ross. "International AIDS Vaccine Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 310-015, November 2009. (Revised January 2011.)
- March 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Paul R. Carlile
This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for...
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Keywords:
Research and Development;
Intellectual Property;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategic Planning;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Health Disorders;
Health Industry;
Health Industry;
Health Industry
Lakhani, Karim R., and Paul R. Carlile. "Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration." Harvard Business School Case 610-074, March 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (C)
Third in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS epidemic. Heineken is considering becoming one of the first companies to offer AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy) to...
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Health Disorders;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Employees;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Africa
Barrett, Diana, and Daniella Ballou. "Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (C)." Harvard Business School Case 303-077, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
"Paying forward" as a mentor to high-tech and science start-ups
Emile Bellott (AM 1973, PhD 1976, MBA 1978), a consultant in bio-pharmaceuticals, talks about his work as a mentor to new companies in high tech and medicine. (Published April 2014)
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- August 21, 2018
- Article
Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients
By: Brad Greenwood, Seth Carnahan and Laura Huang
We examine patient gender disparities in survival rates following acute myocardial infarctions (i.e., heart attacks) based on the gender of the treating physician. Using a census of heart attack patients admitted to Florida hospitals between 1991 and 2010, we find...
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Greenwood, Brad, Seth Carnahan, and Laura Huang. "Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 34 (August 21, 2018).
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
NeuraMetrix is also studying the potential of using typing cadence to diagnose or monitor ADHD, depression, and REM sleep behavior disorder, with more trials planned. The next step is commercialization. They have begun their efforts in Europe, Samzelius says, where...
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April White
- April 1991 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Levi Strauss & Co. and the AIDS Crisis
Keywords:
Health Disorders;
Employee Relationship Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Tedlow, Richard S. "Levi Strauss & Co. and the AIDS Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 391-198, April 1991. (Revised November 1997.)
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Klinik: Eating Disorder Care Michael E. Porter, Emma Stanton, Jessica A. Hohman, and Caleb StowellHarvard Business School Case 712-475 The Schön Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
tremors in his bow whenever he practiced, he immediately knew that something in his body was out of sync. He was diagnosed with essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary and rhythmic shaking of the arms or hands....
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Janelle Nanos
- February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Liz Kind and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Elli Kaplan founded Neurotrack in 2012 with a breakthrough noninvasive cognitive diagnostics test that will detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest pre-symptomatic stages. While the company has gained great traction in the three years since it was started, with no...
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Keywords:
Alzheimer's Disease;
Diagnostics;
Healthcare;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Disorders;
Science-Based Business;
Business Model;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Liz Kind, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle." Harvard Business School Case 816-072, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- November 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
The Advertising Council Teen Alcoholism Campaign: Research and Strategy
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Jayne D. Kramer
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Jayne D. Kramer. "The Advertising Council Teen Alcoholism Campaign: Research and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 593-060, November 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes As a little kid, Rich Horgan (MBA 2018) doesn’t remember thinking much about the differences between himself and his younger brother, Terry. But as he started to get older, he started to ask questions:...
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- February 2006 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
AIDS in Brazil
By: Rohit Deshpande and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Abbott Labs has reached an impasse with the Brazilian government in negotiations over the pricing of a new anti-AIDS drug, Kaletra. The Brazilian government threatens compulsory licensing unless Abbott drastically reduces the price of Kaletra.
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Keywords:
Price;
Government and Politics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Rights;
Negotiation;
Business and Government Relations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Brazil
Deshpande, Rohit, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "AIDS in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 506-062, February 2006. (Revised February 2009.)
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care (TN)
By: Robert S. Huckman and Michael E. Porter
Teaching Note for [609016].
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- February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, Kari Stefansson launched a new kind of biotechnology company and a whole new way of attacking diseases. Based in Iceland, his firm, deCODE Genetics, plans to identify the individual genetic markers that lead to society's most prevalent diseases. To do so, it...
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Keywords:
Information;
Innovation Strategy;
Genetics;
Ethics;
Health Disorders;
Biotechnology Industry;
Iceland
Spar, Debora L., and Chris Bebenek. "deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 706-040, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (B)
Second in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS epidemic. Heineken is considering becoming one of the first companies to offer AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy)...
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Keywords:
Health Disorders;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Employees;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Africa
Barrett, Diana, and Daniella Ballou. "Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (B)." Harvard Business School Case 303-064, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)