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HBS Working Knowledge August 2, 2004 Wendy Guild Swearingen	Health Care Research and Prospects This interview with Professor Gary P. Pisano discusses a groundbreaking project at Harvard Business School that is bringing together faculty, researchers, and students to probe issues in health care management.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Querna & Fischman	Good Medical Help Close to Home Your local hospital might be just as good as any glittery big-name center. Finding out if your local hospital is up to snuff requires some homework. Here are the major factors in judging the quality of care, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue.
Managed Care September 2005 Ed Silverman	No Easy Fit For Specialty Hospitals Insurers worry that specialty hospitals will ultimately increase costs at nearby community hospitals
Managed Care June 2003 John Carroll	Specialty Hospitals' Success Sows Seeds of Lobbying Fight Some in government question the propriety of physicians steering patients into facilities that the doctors partly own.
Managed Care October 2003 Ed Silverman	Tough Negotiations in Store Between Plans and Hospitals Fallout from the Medicare outlier-payment scandal is likely to force hospitals to try to replace that revenue. Health plans, prepare to negotiate!
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Andrew Dick	Deal Diagnosis Healthcare real estate transactions not only are driven by economic factors, but also by compliance with federal and state healthcare laws.
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2011 Carmen Nobel	Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon At a Harvard Business School discussion on health care management, experts looked to the retail industry as a possible model for delivering medical services more effectively and inexpensively.
Managed Care May 2005 Frank Diamond	Hospitals May See Plans as Their New Confidant Not only can health plans pay for performance, they can offer a mechanism for confidential discussions of mistakes.
HBS Working Knowledge December 17, 2007 Martha Lagace	The Rise of Medical Tourism Medical tourism is a new term but not a new idea. Patients have long traveled in search of better care. Today, constraints and long waiting lists at home, as well as the ease of global travel, make medical tourism more appealing.
HBS Working Knowledge June 4, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Is Health Care Making You Better--or Dead? Today's American health care system is set up structurally to reward the major players - hospitals, health insurers, and lawmakers - while short-changing patients and taxpayers.
Nursing Management June 2011 LaRocco & Pinchera	The emerging trend of medical tourism Although it's difficult to find accurate data, there's general agreement that the number of Americans seeking medical care abroad is growing.
Fast Company April 2006	"MD" Doesn't Mean "Mostly Digital" How technologically backward are U.S. doctors? Here are some statistics.
HBS Working Knowledge May 30, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Health Care Under a Research Microscope The $2 trillion American health care system has grown bloated and overly expensive, and it delivers poor service to many patients. Harvard Business School faculty are looking at the system through a business management perspective to recommend changes.
Managed Care February 2007 Maggie Mahar	Why Market Competition Will Not Mend Our Health Care System Doctors have a saying: 'Half of what we know is wrong.' In which half is the conventional wisdom that competition is society's best hope for improving quality and controlling costs?
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Managed Care May 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	Following the Leaders Top pay-for-performance programs point to increased focus on hospital incentives, efficiency measures, coordination, and standardization.
HBS Working Knowledge November 22, 2004 Martha Lagace	Does the Medical Industry Deliver Value? When the discussion turns to healthcare reform, we get sidetracked on issues such as soaring costs. The real issue is, what is the most effective way to treat a disease or condition?
HBS Working Knowledge April 23, 2007 Sarah Jane Gilbert	Are Great Teams Less Productive? There are built-in tensions between learning and performance, which smart organizations must learn to recognize and deal with.
Nursing Management May 2010 Urbanowicz & Taylor	Hybrid OR: Is it in your future? Having the availability of a hybrid suite creates new opportunities to combine endovascular and open surgery into one operative episode.
Managed Care January 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Cardiologists Call Collaboration Heart of Effort To Improve Care Surgeons in nine hospitals formed a study group and then hit the road to learn from peers. Outcomes improved dramatically.
Managed Care December 2005 John Carroll	Consumers Don't Know What They Don't Know Experts have been taking a close look at health literacy in America and have concluded that this is one area where even relatively well-educated people will have trouble finding their way.
CRM August 1, 2009 Lauren McKay	Healing the Sick Facing regulatory requirements, spiraling costs, and an aging (and ailing) customer base, the healthcare industry looks to CRM to balance a pair of age-old doctrines: First, do no harm - and physician, heal thyself.
Nursing Management April 2009 Sharon H. Pappas	Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Avery Comarow	When You Need the Best Medical Care Basic hospital care doesn't always cut it. Here's when to seek extra medical firepower, courtesy of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Lena Chow	Docs of Shanghai They're short on status, pay, and respect, but China's young doctors hold keys to the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical market.
HBS Working Knowledge April 8, 2009 Deborah Blagg	Clay Christensen on Disrupting Health Care Professor Clayton Christensen suggests some disruptive innovations that will make health care both more affordable and more effective in the future.
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HBS Working Knowledge February 22, 2010 Julia Hanna	Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems Managers who merely put in time "walking the floor" are not doing enough when it comes to problem solving; in fact, it can make employees feel worse about their situation, says Harvard professor Anita Tucker.
Managed Care September 2003	Blue Cross of Calif. Steers Patients Toward Best Hospitals for CABG California seems to be the place where health plans have decided to crack down on hospital costs by spurring better outcomes.
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Managed Care June 2003 Maureen Glabman	Managed Care Makes It Tough For Some Hospitals To Stay Afloat True, there are other reasons the facilities have closed, but insurers' payment rates stand out. Is it better that some are history?
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Fast Company May 2009 Chuck Salter	The Doctor of the Future Cost, access, quality -- the prognosis for American health care may look grim, but innovation is the cure. The medicine of tomorrow is being born today.
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CIO June 1, 2003 Alison Bass	A Big Rollout Bust Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems can reduce medication errors by as much as 86 percent, and save hospitals and doctors' practices billions of dollars, studies show. Yet only 3 percent to 5 percent of American hospitals have fully implemented CPOE systems. What gives?
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