Healthcare Initiative - Harvard Business School

The Healthcare Initiative serves as a gateway to the vast opportunities at HBS, and exposes aspiring healthcare leaders to the complex facets of this dynamic industry. Our general management MBA program—coupled with our case method, global reach, and interdisciplinary approach—creates a real-world environment that prepares students for the challenges of a career in today's healthcare industry.

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Confronting Innovation in Health Care with a Modern Curriculum

Regina E. Herzlinger

Interviews with CEOs of health-sector organizations reveal a need to reshape the education of executives to meet the challenges of innovating in 21st-century health care. This white paper is based on 21st-Century Health Care Management Education: Confronting Challenges for Innovation with a Modern Curriculum, a Harvard Business School conference.

HBS Healthcare in the News

HBS Hosts Global Health Competition
Harvard Business School
Press Release
May 20, 2013

What's the Common Ingredient for Team Success in Surgery, Banking, Software, Airlines, and Basketball?
Robert Huckman and Gary Pisano (Faculty)
Huffington Post
May 6, 2013

Harvard Business School Awards More Than $300K to 'Entrepreneurship of All Kinds'
Vaxess Technologies - Michael Schrader, MBA '12; Yaso Biotechnology, Inc - Mary Weitzel, MBA '88
BostInno
May 1, 2013

Health Care's Service Fanatics
Ananth Raman (Faculty)
Harvard Business Review
May 1, 2013

Home-Grown HBS Entrepreneurs Take Center Stage
MBA '13: Azalea Kim, Margaret Terry, Amy Flaster
Harbus
Apr 25, 2013

Disruptive Innovation: A Prescription For Better Health Care
Clayton Christensen (Faculty)
Forbes
Apr 23, 2013

Why Do Patients Take Their Doctor's Advice?
Francesca Gino (Faculty)
Forbes
Apr 18, 2013

Using Data to Treat Cancer and Drive Innovation
Kathy Giusti, MBA '85
Fast Company
Apr 16, 2013

The 27 Most Impressive Students At Harvard Business School
MBA '13: Onusa Chantanapongwanij, Nikhil Sachdev; MBA '14: Shana Hoffman, Prita Kumar, Arick Morton
Business Insider
Apr 16, 2013

What Lean Marketing Can Learn from Lean Healthcare
Clayton Christensen (Faculty)
Mindjet
Apr 11, 2013

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
Robert Huckman (Faculty)
HBS Working Knowledge
Apr 10, 2013

Michael Porter at TEDMED 2013: "How can we improve health care if doctors don't know if they do any good?"
Michael Porter (Faculty)
PR Newswire
Apr 10, 2013

Finalists in Health, Science Challenge
MBA '13, '14
Harvard Gazette
Apr 4, 2013

Losing Weight to Earn Cash: Groups of Dieters Lose More than Individuals
Jason Riis (Faculty)
Time Magazine: Health & Family
Apr 2, 2013