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An MBA for the aspiring healthcare professional.

Students come to HBS to explore ways to improve the healthcare industry through the classroom experience and beyond. Their interests range from biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics to healthcare delivery, insurance, and public health.

  • “The second-year classes allowed me to delve deeper into healthcare and get to know several of the healthcare-focused faculty members.”

    Elena Avramov MBA 2013

  • “The combination of healthcare-specific courses and other more generally focused courses has provided a solid base for approaching the complicated issues involved in healthcare.”

    Martin Grasse MBA 2012

  • “The MBA degree is one of the few opportunities for me to combine my background in health policy, love of patient care, and passion for health systems improvement.”

    Azalea Kim MBA 2013, MD 2014

  • “I wanted to transition away from a finance career path to taking on an operational role in healthcare because I felt that I ultimately would be able to have a greater impact on patients and consumers at a healthcare company.”

    Joel Vidal-Phillips MBA 2012

  • 200 Healthcare Student Club members

  • 45% Business Plan contest winners related to Healthcare
  • 20% Faculty conducting healthcare research
  • 15% Top Fortune healthcare CEOs with an HBS MBA

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.

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HBS Healthcare in the News

China's Healthcare Choice: Innovation or Access?
Faculty (Arthur Daemmrich)
Forbes India
Jun 5, 2013

Challenge met: Venture that aims to diagnose and treat solid organ fibrosis wins Deans' Health and Life Sciences Challenge
First runner-up: MBA '14 Shana Hoffman and Arick Morton (Students)
Harvard Gazette
May 28, 2013

Carewrite Wins HBS Start-up Competition
MBA '14: Caitlin Cohen, Mike Czapar, Eva Luo, Luke Marker, Radha Patel, and Linda Wang (Students)

May 28, 2013

What the U.S. Can Learn From Healthcare Delivery Overseas: Q and A With Harvard Business School's Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina Herzlinger (Faculty)
Becker's Hospital Review
May 28, 2013

Four Harvard Business School Students Win Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
MBA '13: Galen Laserson (Student)
Harvard Business School Press Release
May 28, 2013

Aimed at Increasing Vaccine Access, Vaxess Raises the First Part of a $3.75M Series A
Michael Schrader, MBA 2012 (Alumni)
BostInno
May 23, 2013

HBS Hosts Global Health Competition
MBA '13, '14 (Students)
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

HBS Working Knowledge

The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
April 18, 2013

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
April 10, 2013

Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay
March 1, 2013

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