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Articles by Regina E. Herzlinger
COVID patients died in crowded hospitals while ICU beds sat unused. Hantavirus could expose same flaw
COLORADO ADULT DIES FROM HANTAVIRUS, BUT CASE NOT LINKED TO CRUISE SHIP Why did this happen? Inadequate federal guidance. Hospitals were required to transmit data about dwindling resources to federal authorities only once a week, leaving governments and hospitals without the real-time information needed to direct patients to the appropriate sites. Patients paid the price, and the burden did not fall equally.
La via mediana per l’innovazione
INNOVAZIONE La via mediana per l’innovazione Non siete costretti a scegliere tra rivoluzioni e miglioramenti incrementali: c’è un modo per sviluppare prodotti ad alta crescita in aziende a lenta crescita Regina E. Herzlinger, Duke Rohlen, Ben Creo, Will Kynes
Require Hospitals To Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that US hospital and health care systems were ill-prepared for the surge of patients who overwhelmed available health care resources. Although considerable research has gleaned important lessons about responding to future surge events, an overlooked resource deserves more attention: the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) hospital beds.
The Children of Ukraine Are Our Hope for the Future, Says Harvard’s First Female Business School Chair
Boston, MA (September 2023)—In the shadow of war, it is children who bear the scars the longest. News reports shine light on the dismaying circumstances faced by Ukrainian children, from the loss of parents and homes to forced deportation to other, even more horrific atrocities. No doubt there has been a terrible loss of innocence for the young victims of the Russia-Ukraine War.
New transparency rule helps rein in health care costs
Over the last year, consumer prices have grown 65% faster than wages. Employers can help their employees contend with this high inflation by addressing a long-running source: health care costs. A new federal health insurance price transparency rule that takes effect on July 1 will enable employers and all health consumers to identify savings.
Transparency As A Solution For COVID-19-Related Hospital Capacity Issues
In the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide an adequate supply of beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of hospital bed capacity is of great importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing that SARS-CoV-2 is but one of several circulating respiratory viruses and there will be an ongoing need for hospital-based care. The burgeoning Omicron variant is already overwhelming US hospitals because of high rates of hospitalization.
Some of the trends to look out for this year according to Harvard Business School faculty include digital health care, NFTs, and a changing workforce. Technology is set to continue to drive change. As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year.
Cutting The Gordian Knot Of Employee Health Care Benefits And Costs: A Corporate Model Built On Employee Choice
President Joe Biden’s promise to give every American access to affordable health insurance is well-intentioned, but his plan’s policy elements—a public option, a permanent expanded tax credit—require congressional approval and would expend significant political and taxpayer capital. We offer an alternative approach that could trigger substantial improvements in health care coverage, cost, and quality; that would pay for itself; and would require only executive rulemaking.
Here’s How to Pay for the Public Option Without Raising Taxes
If you didn’t know it before, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided the starkest possible confirmation that fixing healthcare is the number one issue facing the nation. The American people agree. Unfortunately, leaders of both parties believe the deep gulfs between the Democrats’ offer of expansion of publicly managed coverage and the Republicans’ options for cost controls and freedom of choice are irreconcilable. They are wrong.
Opinion | Europe’s Alternative to Medicare for All
By Regina E. Herzlinger and Bacchus Barua April 16, 2019 7:33 pm ET Sen.
The IRS Can Save American Health Care
Health care is fast becoming an unsustainable expense for American families. This year the total cost of insurance for the typical family of four eclipsed $28,000, according to the Milliman Medical Index. Rising insurance premiums are also eroding worker compensation, as companies shift increased costs to employees.
The IRS Can Save American Health Care
Health care is fast becoming an unsustainable expense for American families. This year the total cost of insurance for the typical family of four eclipsed $28,000, according to the Milliman Medical Index. Rising insurance premiums are also eroding worker compensation, as companies shift increased costs to employees.
Achieving Universal Coverage Without Turning to a Single Payer: Lessons From 3 Other Countries
The most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are the most expensive. Universal coverage is a top priority not only for Democrats but also for President Trump. Both Republicans and Democrats want to preserve many costly coverage features of the ACA, including those that prevent insurers from precluding people with preexisting conditions and those that eliminate lifetime or annual coverage limits. The challenge is how to preserve these features and make insurance affordable.
UCLA faculty voice: It’ll take more than a Band-Aid to fix Medicaid
Regina Herzlinger is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Dr. Richard Boxer is a visiting professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. This op-ed was published in the Wall Street Journal. One of the most fraught questions in Donald Trump’s Washington is how Republicans will reform health care.
It’ll Take More Than a Band-Aid to Fix Medicaid
One of the most fraught questions in Donald Trump’s Washington is how Republicans will reform health care. No aspect of the debate over ObamaCare presents as much risk, or opportunity, as what to do with the law’s expansion of Medicaid, which gave government health insurance to millions of Americans. It won’t be easy, but President Trump and Congress have an opportunity to control Medicaid costs, improve the health of enrollees—and also win bipartisan support.
Making the ACA Affordable - bipartisan lessons from abroad
The two major barriers to maintaining the portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are widely popular — even among Republicans — are its sky high costs and the bitter partisan rancor about how to fix them. We can learn how to attain bipartisan solutions for universal health care coverage at reasonable costs from three other countries whose healthcare systems are similar to the ACA’s: Switzerland, Germany, and Singapore.
How Health Care Hurts Your Paycheck
If there is a coherent theme to this year’s election, it is the growing economic frustration of working Americans. While trade has been the chief scapegoat, a major culprit has received much less attention: the rising cost of health insurance. Recent news of large price increases for plans on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges was the latest example of an unsustainable trend. But those exchanges sell insurance to only about 12 million individuals.
Health Insurance Stores and Health Hubs: Innovations That Get Close to the Customer
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Health Care Delivery Innovations That Integrate Care? Yes! But Integrating What?
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Spurring Innovation in Healthcare Using MOOCS
A computer scientist, doctor, and business professor all walked into a MOOC… Well, not exactly, but it is not far off from the HarvardX MOOC on healthcare innovation organized by Regina Herzlinger of Harvard Business School and featuring domain experts such as Dr. Kevin Schulman of Duke and me.
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