Cases

How does one learn to become an effective advocate? “Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry” tells the story of protagonist Joe Wendell, known as Wendell, an emergency room nurse and widower raising a teenage…

“Suffolk County is experiencing elevated cardiovascular disease mortality relative to New York State,” explained Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, Commissioner for the Department of Health Services of Suffolk County. Given the general affluence of the area, he finds…

In this simulation exercise, students are given the opportunity to think critically about the role of motivation and organizational context in implementing a process innovation. Students work in teams of four to six people to develop recommendations for…

“The foundation of Integrated Health Services is the relentless pursuit of value. Our fundamental purpose is to help IBM win in the marketplace through the health and productivity of our workforce.” –Martín Sepúlveda Martín Sepúlveda,…

Governor A was preparing for a forum on health sector reforms to be held the next week. The Governor wanted to make health reform one of her flagship programs during the upcoming local elections, and, in particular, wanted to consider ways of lowering…

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Preparing for his hospital’s monthly board meeting, the CEO of Poudre Valley Health System in Fort Collins, CO, was wrestling with whether or not to recommend that his hospital continue to participate in the International Patient Safety…

Four GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company’s drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health care system and the pressure on…

In February 2014, Michael Schrader, chief executive of Vaxess Technologies, Inc., was assessing the startup health care company’s 2014 marketing plan. On December 31st, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a…

In 2012, over 750 million people around the globe lacked access to safe drinking water. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, sought to bring fresh water to poor and rural areas with the Slingshot, a water purification device. Kamen’s challenge was…