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Describes the long waiting time experienced by customers in Health Stops and asks students to specify the changes in its business model which could help solve the problem.... More

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Describes the U.S. Health Care industry and WellPoint's background, market growth strategies, and potential as an investment option.... More

Is medical travel a viable business opportunity? A group of MBA students consider the pros and cons of starting a business that would send people from the U.S. to India for elective non-emergency surgeries.... More

The (B) case provides the denouement to the (A) case about Medtronic's introduction of the Chronicle and remote monitoring business.... More

Phreesia is successful with a tablet for patients to sign in at the doctor's office which can also be used for billing. But what is the next market opportunity for them ? And is their ad-based revenue model sustainable?... More

Vitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market.... More

How to replicate a 'one of' social entrepreneurship effort: To cure blindness, Seva took the Aravind Eye Hospital & scaled it up to 100 hospitals globally.... More

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The (B) case provides the denouement to the (A) case about Medtronic's introduction of the Chronicle and remote monitoring business.... More

Describes the long waiting time experienced by customers in Health Stops and asks students to specify the changes in its business model which could help solve the problem.... More

Describes the U.S. Health Care industry and WellPoint's background, market growth strategies, and potential as an investment option.... More

Vitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market.... More

More than one third of Americans were said to suffer some type of behavioral health ailment at some point in their lifetime, with many people requiring chronic therapy or intervention. Despite significant clinical needs, access to reliable treatment has been difficult due to shortage of providers, s... More

Hospital for Special Surgery, a focused factory for orthopedics and joint disease, is contemplating various growth options: further growth in the United Kingdom's National Health Services, management of hospitals in the United States, and/or hospital consulting. Reviews the issues surrounding growth... More

Explains how managed care organizations use capitation as a payment method for providers.... More

This note describes the current state of information technology connectivity in the health care sector.... More

This note provides background in all the modalities of telemedicine. It accompanies the cases "Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative" (A) and (B), HBS Nos. 302-005 and 309-064.... More

McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray into health care services with the acqu... More

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH), a vertically integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a rapidly evolving industry, policy, and economic environment. The company-essentially a collection of subsidiaries operating under a unified managemen... More

This case, a follow-up to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (A), HBS No. 313-012, begins with the debate over New Hampshire's certificate-of-need (CON) law, which restricts hospital expansion. This debate ignited significant public criticism of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a for-pro... More

The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.... More

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