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A ward at St Thomas' Hospital in central London | Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
June 9, 2015
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Stephan Seiler: Can Hospital Competition Save Lives?

Why market forces in healthcare are good for patient care.
Organizational Behavior Health Care Management

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Health care worker talking to a patient behind a privacy curtain | Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
June 5, 2015
Written

Daniel Kessler: The Anti-Competitive Risk of “Accountable Care”

Stanford researchers find that vertically integrated healthcare systems charge higher prices.
Operations, Information & Technology Health Care Management

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Elizabeth Holmes
February 4, 2015
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Elizabeth Holmes: “I Wasn’t Weighted by Influences That I Couldn’t Do It”

How a college dropout became the youngest self-made woman billionaire.
Entrepreneurship Health Care Leadership
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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System

Daniel P. Kessler, R. Glenn Hubbard, John Cogan

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Someone looking at a health insurance open enrollment form
June 16, 2015
Written

Alain Enthoven: How to Fix the Affordable Care Act

A Stanford scholar explains why we must break away from employer-sponsored insurance.
Operations, Information & Technology Health Care Public Sector

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child sitting in a wheelchair at the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Handicapped in Yaounde, Cameroon
June 16, 2015
Written

Taking on the Challenges of Health Care in Africa

As the types of illnesses change throughout the continent, half the population still lacks adequate health services.
Global Business Health Care Africa

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Latest Stories in Health Care

June 16, 2015
Written

Taking on the Challenges of Health Care in Africa

As the types of illnesses change throughout the continent, half the population still lacks adequate health services.
Global Business Health Care Africa
June 9, 2015
Written

Stephan Seiler: Can Hospital Competition Save Lives?

Why market forces in healthcare are good for patient care.
Organizational Behavior Health Care Management
June 4, 2015
Written

Robert Chess: Big Data is Driving New Healthcare Business Models

What if algorithms could predict how often someone will get sick, and make it easier to shop around for medical procedures?
Operations, Information & Technology Leadership Management
June 1, 2015
Written

Three Ways to Transform American Healthcare

Hospitals should adopt these popular business strategies.
Economics Health Care Management
May 26, 2015
Written

Paul Auerbach: Lessons from the Disaster Zone

A Stanford doctor who’s worked in Nepal and Haiti explains what leaders should know before the next natural disaster strikes.
Global Business Health Care Nonprofit
May 22, 2015
Written

Kate Bundorf: What Really Drives Medical Treatment Decisions?

Money matters, but it’s only one part of a complex system of influences.
Political Economy Health Care Management
May 5, 2015
Written

Six Days in Nepal

A Stanford doctor travels to the devastated region as part of the relief effort.
Health Care Asia-Pacific
May 1, 2015
Written

Five Trends Shaping the Future of Sports

At Stanford GSB’s Sports Innovation Conference, technology took the spotlight.
Marketing Organizational Behavior Entrepreneurship
April 24, 2015
Written

Ron Gutman: “I Am Really Focused on the User”

HealthTap founder has redefined doctor visits.
Organizational Behavior Entrepreneurship Health Care
April 16, 2015
Written

Edith Elliott: “Healthcare Is an Essential Human Right”

An entrepreneur discusses risk, honesty, and why the families she serves in India inspire her.
Entrepreneurship Health Care Nonprofit