strategy+business: HEALTH CARE

Putting an I in Healthcare

by Gil Irwin, Jack Topdjian, and Ashish Kaura — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Healthcare systems around the world are fraught with challenges that reveal the cracks in today's operating models. But a nascent trend that is quickly becoming an imperative is poised to transform the industry: the consumerization of healthcare. By promoting and supporting more control, awareness, and responsibility on the part of the consumer, healthcare companies can drive a dramatic improvement in population health and reduction in costs.

Best Business Books 2012: Healthcare

by J. Philip Lathrop — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:25:00 GMT

Executives in all industries are dealing with the unsustainable rise in healthcare insurance and benefits costs and, of course, everyone deals with the healthcare system on a personal level. Each of 2012's best business books on healthcare offers ideas for creating sustainable healthcare systems that can provide affordable, high-quality care for all.

A Strategist's Guide to Personalized Medicine

by Avi Kulkarni and Nelia Padilla McGreevy — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Breakthroughs in pharmaceutical innovation are poised to change the prevailing business model of the industry -- with dramatic, disruptive effects on healthcare costs and practices. Personalized medicine also represents a game-changing trend for healthcare providers, such as hospitals and individual physicians; payors, including Medicare and private insurance; and, above all, patients, who can have a far more participative role in their own care than they would without "PMx."

IT and Healthcare: Evolving Together at the Cleveland Clinic

by Ramez Shehadi, Walid Tohme, and Edward H. Baker — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Martin Harris, M.D., chief information officer of the Cleveland Clinic -- one of the world's most innovative hospital systems -- describes how medical IT helps providers engage consumers and cut costs. He also looks ahead, describing how innovative information technology and innovative healthcare are poised to evolve together.

The Faster New World of Healthcare

by Carl Dumont, Ashish Kaura, and Sundar Subramanian — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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

Five Steps toward a Revitalized Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

by Marcus Ehrhardt, Robert Hutchens, and Susan Higgins — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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.

Big Pharma's Uncertain Future

by Alex Kandybin and Vessela Genova — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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.

Health Reform by the Numbers

by John Dineen — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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.

Pharmaceuticals: Go to Market More Effectively

by Peter Behner, Rick Edmunds, Marcus Ehrhardt, and Greg Rotz — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Healthcare: Cut Costs, Strengthen Segmenting

by Gary Ahlquist, Gil Irwin, Minoo Javanmardian, and Jack Topdjian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Transforming Healthcare Delivery

by Joyjit Saha Choudhury, Akshay Kapur, and Sanjay B. Saxena — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 06:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 06:00:00 GMT

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 06:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 11:00:00 GMT

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 14:00:00 GMT

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 05:00:00 GMT

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 06:00:00 GMT

Worth the Risk?

Health Meets Wealth

by Joni Bessler, Susanne Leisy, and Sanjay Saxena — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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

Gary Pisano: The Thought Leader Interview

by Amy Bernstein — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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