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Health care worker talking to a patient behind a privacy curtain | Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
June 5, 2015
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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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A photo in Ghana of businessman Richard Fadiora with SEED coaches Andrew Meade and Robert Mayberry
August 19, 2015
Written

Andrew Meade: “A Firm With Great Teamwork Will Eventually Outrun Its Competition”

The founder of a U.S. construction company spent a year coaching West African business leaders. Here’s what he taught them.
Global Business Leadership Management

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Photocollage by Tricia Seibold. Photos: Reuters/Ali Jarekji; iStock/robstyle
July 28, 2015
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Are Big Drug Companies Too Slow to Report Patient Deaths to the FDA?

A new analysis shows that some pharmaceutical companies may be dragging their feet on disclosing critical data.
Accounting Health Care Public Sector
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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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Chef uses a knife to slice vegetables on a cutting board. | iStock/Chris Gramly
September 16, 2015
Written

Ai Chloe Chien: “I Never Wanted to Be an Entrepreneur”

Company founder targets diseases through cooking schools.
Entrepreneurship Health Care Leadership

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Health care worker reviewing a file in a massive archive | Reuters/Phil McCarten
June 29, 2015
Written

Daniel P. Kessler: The Hidden Cost in Changing Doctors

High fees for your own medical records can be a barrier to switching.
Accounting Economics Health Care

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September 16, 2015
Written

Ai Chloe Chien: “I Never Wanted to Be an Entrepreneur”

Company founder targets diseases through cooking schools.
Entrepreneurship Health Care Leadership
July 28, 2015
Written

Are Big Drug Companies Too Slow to Report Patient Deaths to the FDA?

A new analysis shows that some pharmaceutical companies may be dragging their feet on disclosing critical data.
Accounting Health Care Public Sector
July 28, 2015
Written

How Fear of Contagious Diseases Fuels Xenophobia

Fear of contagion makes people irrational.
Organizational Behavior Health Care
June 29, 2015
Written

Daniel P. Kessler: The Hidden Cost in Changing Doctors

High fees for your own medical records can be a barrier to switching.
Accounting Economics 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