Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The landscape for the delivery of health care in the United States is changing, but the traditional care-delivery players are not the change agents. In fact, this environment is the most disruptive I’ve witnessed in my 35 years in the health care industry. So, the market is heading back to the future.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Let’s hope that’s true for “value” in health care. Where other mantras – such as quality or managed care – have failed to galvanize the system’s diverse stakeholders, value may have a chance. The question, of course, is whether the term will help spur the fundamental changes that our health care sector so desperately needs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Porter Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2017

End users can take advantage of quantities of newly available information to solve problems in population health, clinical decision support, and patient engagement, among other applications. And ease of access means ease of market entry: Emerging data providers can get on their feet quickly and create new sources of competition.

Health Care 8

Health Care Levitt Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2014

They can use their market power (they direct the bulk of health care dollars) and understanding of different consumer segments to create innovative products, services, and partnerships that address consumers’ needs. In the process, they can help move us all toward a low-cost, value-based health care system.

Health Care 9

Health Care Insurance Industry Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

In health care, the Hippocratic Oath — “first, do no harm” — can hold as much sway in the board room as it does in the exam room. Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. health care has become akin to a smothered child—stifled and arrested.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Health care remains one of the few services that require people to have a face-to-face interaction to obtain access. In January 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new provider reimbursement code for non–face-to-face health care services for patients who have chronic medical conditions.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Technology Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

health care system in ways big and small that would either build on or radically revamp the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We reviewed four strategies: the current health care system’s trajectory as is; comprehensive demand-side reform; aggressive supply-side reform; and a combination of demand-side and supply-side reform.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Few recent trends in health care delivery have more power to improve population health, patient and provider experience, and hospital business models than virtual care. Innovating for Value in Health Care. As we grow this program, we plan to evaluate its value in a number of innovative ways.

Health Care 8

Health Care Consultative Video Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Several studies show wide variation in prices for common health care services, even within local areas. Moreover, prior research has also shown that there is little correlation between price and quality of care for inpatient care and that higher-priced providers control a large share of the market.

Health Care 8

Health Care Price Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The shift from volume-based to value-based health care is inevitable. Although that trend is happening slowly in some communities, payers are increasingly basing reimbursements on the quality of care provided, not just the number and type of procedures. Lack of alternatives.

Health Care 8

Health Care Business Model Mayo Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is it more imagination or innovation? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. Every marketer believes the customer experience is important.

Creativity 12

Creativity Marketing Agility Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2018

In fact, by government edict, the goal is to direct policy, health care, and even citizens themselves toward longer, healthier, more enriching lives. The resulting lessons will be critical to life science companies worldwide as the aging trend prevalent in Japan expands to other nations. By country, Japan had 9.1

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Pharmaceuticals Content 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

Yes, the market has gone down and up — markets do that. debt was downgraded — but that shouldn't have much of an effect on companies (unless interest rates reverse their current trend downward). Rebalance your innovation portfolio. Health care costs. It just felt. The answer probably exceeds 90%.

Innovation 13

Innovation Competitive Advantage Health Care Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The numbers are enough to make the apple pop right out of the marketer's eye. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer. Health Costs Are Actually Not Spiraling Out of Control (PwC). Growth in health care spending in the United States has slowed considerably since 2009.

Disruptive Innovation 22

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 22

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The following six ideas emerged this past year as powerful "innovation invitations." They'll be sources of — and resources for — innovation differentiation this coming year. If your organization doesn't find them innovatively interesting, then be careful: they may be wielded by the competitors you most dread.

Innovation 15

Innovation Health Care Globalization Media 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Physicians, nurses, and others who work on the front lines of patient care are an important potential source for innovations that could improve patients’ health and reduce the cost of care. Boston Children’s Hospital designed an innovation accelerator to overcome these hurdles. Insight Center.

Health Care 9

Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The numbers are enough to make the apple pop right out of the marketer's eye. Clearly that's not quite the target market for a new washer and dryer. Health Costs Are Actually Not Spiraling Out of Control (PwC). Growth in health care spending in the United States has slowed considerably since 2009.

Disruptive Innovation 12

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. For instances, the aging of baby boomers is predictably driving the growth of health-care-related occupations. First of all, it turns out that the productivity explanation for sector trends is incomplete. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments. Consider these plausible scenarios based on small but already-visible phenomena that might become big future trends: 1. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs.

Health Care 15

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large corporations will admit to struggling with innovation. But in reality most companies, particularly those that manage to last for any reasonable period of time, do day-to-day innovation extremely well. When the company rides an enabling trend. Innovation' While it isn''t easy, it is worth the effort.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Costs Trends Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. Just as entrepreneurs of all kinds need to anticipate consumer trends and product development, they also need to stay ahead of their hiring needs. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Glocalization Survey McKinsey 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Instead, together, they are sketching the outlines of a new market.

Strategy 10

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

healthcare system have taken at least one well-worn market-based path: strive for economies of scale. Hospital consolidation is on the rise , a trend that shows no signs of abating as providers try to streamline back-end operations and deploy big data analytics in hopes of improving outcomes and lowering costs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Gordon Travel Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. Supermarkets are a case in point.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

health care landscape. This trend has important ramifications for the out-of-pocket prices (e.g., Insurance markets are failing to deliver. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. laura schneider for hbr. First, a little background. Insight Center.

Cost 8

Cost Insurance Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2013

It was a week before a big innovation conference in Australia in which I was set to debate the negative side of the question: “Would innovation make the world a better or worse place in 2050?” This was innovation all right – an innovation-induced wasteland. Can we make health care more accessible and affordable?

Advertising 8

Advertising Innovation Christensen Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Instead, together, they are sketching the outlines of a new market.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

They assume that there are no counter-trends or embryonic developments. Consider these plausible scenarios based on small but already-visible phenomena that might become big future trends: 1. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs.

Health Care 8

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Every once in a while you have one of those “microcosm experiences” that perfectly encapsulates the trends shaping our world. So to cover his monthly fixed costs of student loan payments (on more than $100k in debt), rent, and health care he was driving for Uber. But we might also need other ones.

Long-term 9

Long-term Fixed Costs Short-term Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

politics is not merely the inevitable result of our free-market system; it is also a consequence of the choices our business leaders make. And the repurchase trend has accelerated radically. Share repurchases immediately and directly impact price and earnings in a way that longer-term investments in growth and innovation do not.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

And second, the hard data and empirical mindset that the CFO brings to the table can be invaluable in setting and executing the company’s game plan, especially when it comes to forecasting trends or managing government and regulatory relationships. Similarly, they’re often the go-to individuals on competitor analysis.

Strategy 8

Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. The opportunities are there — what is your firm doing about them?

Industry 8

Industry Real Estate Telecommunications Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

When it comes to health care costs, America’s employers are at a crossroads. Competing for scarce labor in a tight market, they will have trouble continuing to shift medical bills onto employees as they have for several decades. The Future of Health Care. Tim Robberts/Getty Images. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Insurance Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

How would we deliver care to a population overburdened with severe mental illness, food insecurity (the lack of consistent access to enough food to lead an active, healthy life) and early-onset chronic diseases — and do so in locations as disparate as Tennessee and Iowa? The Future of Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 16