strategy+business: HEALTH CARE

Big Pharma's Uncertain Future

by Alex Kandybin and Vessela Genova — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

The business model that drove the major drugmakers' success isn't working anymore. The survivors will be those that make smart strategic bets supported by winning capabilities.

Five Steps toward a Revitalized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

by Marcus Ehrhardt, Robert Hutchens, and Susan Higgins — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Global pharmaceutical manufacturers are facing their greatest challenge in decades. The remedy may come not from the labs this time, but from their manufacturing and operations footprint. This article lays out the steps to developing a more strategic supply chain, from tailoring business streams to improving planning capabilities.

Health Reform by the Numbers

by John Dineen — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Policy change won't be enough to repair the U.S. healthcare system. The CEO of GE Healthcare argues that technology will be key to lowering costs and improving outcomes. By using data to target inefficiencies, leading healthcare systems are developing solutions that can serve as best practices for the industry.

The Faster New World of Healthcare

by Carl Dumont, Ashish Kaura, and Sundar Subramanian — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Regulatory reform and IT advances are accelerating the "clockspeed" in healthcare. To compete, insurers will need to focus on three key areas.

Pharmaceuticals: Go to Market More Effectively

by Peter Behner, Rick Edmunds, Marcus Ehrhardt, and Greg Rotz — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Healthcare: Cut Costs, Strengthen Segmenting

by Gary Ahlquist, Gil Irwin, Minoo Javanmardian, and Jack Topdjian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Transforming Healthcare Delivery

by Joyjit Saha Choudhury, Akshay Kapur, and Sanjay B. Saxena — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500

As nations seek to expand services more cost-effectively, the stakeholders who pay the bills and provide the care must collaborate.

Global Lessons for Controlling Healthcare Costs

by Peter Behner, Rick Edmunds, and Elizabeth Powers — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Health insurers are reaching beyond national borders for more effective medical management strategies.

IT Road Maps for IT Transformation

by Michael Connolly and Edward H. Baker — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500

A conversation with Aetna Executive Vice President Meg McCarthy.

The Missing Link in Innovative Research

by Anna Pettersson and August Vlak — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

When the pipeline of technological breakthroughs has stalled, especially in industries like pharmaceuticals, midlevel managers may hold the key to R&D productivity.

Getting Big by Going Small

by Laura W. Geller and Greg Rotz — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Francois Nader, CEO of NPS Pharmaceuticals, describes how a new model for biotech brought his company back from the brink.

Health Insurance Gets Personal

by Ashish Kaura, David S. Levy, and Minoo Javanmardian — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

As reform legislation makes the U.S. healthcare industry more consumer-centric, companies will need to change their business models and add new capabilities.

When Disruptive Integration Comes to Health Care

by Gil Irwin, Art Kleiner, and Joyjit Saha Choudhury — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

For The Innovator's Prescription coauthor Jason Hwang, the real solution to health-care costs lies in the business models that incumbent companies have not yet embraced -- but can no longer ignore.

The Pharmacy Solution

by Gary Ahlquist, Minoo Javanmardian, and Ashish Kaura — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

As the market for basic health care expands, pharmacy chains will increasingly be called upon to provide simple medical services.

A Better Model for Health Care

by Gary D. Ahlquist, Minoo Javanmardian, and Sanjay B. Saxena — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An innovative experiment in Florida shows the potential for more systemic collaboration as the catalyst for lower costs and improved quality.

Does Health Care Have an Electronic Future?

by William J. Holstein — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:00:00 -0500

The Obama administration's focus on digital patient records to minimize medical errors and improve efficiency has promise, but will face significant obstacles.

William Haseltine: The Thought Leader Interview

by Ann Graham — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00:00 -0600

A molecular biologist and entrepreneur sees green as the next wave of the genomic revolution.

Smarter Medicine

by Michael V. Copeland — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

How the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revolutionized the way vaccines are delivered.

Best Business Books: Biotech

by Joe Flower — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Worth the Risk?

Gary Pisano: The Thought Leader Interview

by Amy Bernstein — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

A leading student of the biotech business describes the problems holding the industry back, and how it can overcome them.

Health Meets Wealth

by Joni Bessler, Susanne Leisy, and Sanjay Saxena — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

How health care and financial services can converge to revolutionize employee benefits.

Planners, Shoppers, Contenders, and Cavaliers: How Consumerism Is Changing the Health Insurance Industry

by David Knott — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

David Cordani, president of CIGNA HealthCare, describes how his company is responding as individuals take control of their medical benefits.

Health Care's Retail Solution

by David G. Knott, Gary Ahlquist, and Rick Edmunds — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

A robust retail market is emerging from the ashes of the current health-care system.

Does Health Care Have a Future?

by Joe Flower and David Knott — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Eight books about the health-care system diagnose its problems and offer solutions.

The View from the Engine Room

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Pharmaceutical executive Michel Lurquin on where manufacturing stands and where it's going.

Marketers of Life

by Kate Roberts — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0600

The same techniques that sold cigarettes are slowing the spread of AIDS.

Janine Benyus: The Thought Leader Interview

by Amy Bernstein — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500

The biomimicry pioneer is teaching executives that the solutions to their most challenging problems lie in nature.

Avian Flu: A Test of Collective Integrity

by Susan Penfield and John Larkin — Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0500

The threat of a pandemic can teach governments, corporations, and nonprofits to prepare for the unthinkable.

Five-Star Hospitals

by Joe Flower — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600

Treating patients like customers is not only good medicine; it's good business.

Research Meets Practice

by Robin Portman, Kevin Vigilante, and Brenda Ecken — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600

A nationwide cancer information network could use cross-boundary knowledge to promote a broader base of breakthroughs.