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Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
Huckman, Robert S.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-617018-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid-a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the rich set of data it collected from users to suggest tailored coping mechanisms for avoiding relapse. In September 2016, six months after quitting her full-time job to focus solely ...Starting at €8.20
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CareMore Health System
Huckman, Robert S.; Powers, Brian W.Case HBS-618008-EService and Operations ManagementCareMore Health System-a physician-founded care delivery system and health plan-had developed and refined an innovative care model for at-risk seniors enrolled in Medicare managed care (i.e., Medicare Advantage) plans. CareMore's President, Sachin Jain, and his colleagues believed their model achieved the elusive goal of improving outcomes while reducing costs. A key mandate for Jain was to scale the CareMore model beyond its current 75,000 Medic...Starting at €8.20
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Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital (Abridged)
Huckman, Robert S.; Trichakis, NikolaosCase HBS-618018-EService and Operations ManagementThe case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between different departments within the hospital, namely the Emergency Department, the Infection Control Unit, and Admission Services. Students are initially asked to assess the operational, finan...Starting at €8.20
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Managing Capacity in Neurology
Goh, Joel; Huckman, Robert S.; Sahni, NikhilCase HBS-618062-EService and Operations ManagementIn December 2014, Dr. Anthony Furlan, chair of the Department of Neurology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), faced a mandate from the hospital's executive leadership team. Specifically, all UH departments were directed to take steps within six months to reduce the waiting time for outpatient appointments-measured as the time to first available outpatient appointment-to no more than 15 days. For Furlan and his colleagues in ne...Starting at €8.20
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Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center
Porter, Michael E.; Huckman, Robert S.; Friese, Jeremy L.Case HBS-608175-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Considers the situation facing Gary Gottlieb, president of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), prior to the opening of BWH's integrated cardiovascular center. This case allows students to develop an appreciation of the strategic, financial, organizational, clinical, and physical aspects of integrating health care delivery around specific categories of disease. It provides an...Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-609046-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue-typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)-made a move that is often considered antithetical to the LCC model. Specifically, JetBlue moved from a single aircr...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon Web Services
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.; Kind, LizCase HBS-609048-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders the development of Amazon Web Services (AWS), a division of Amazon.com, Inc., specializing in the provision of web-based storage and computing services to web developers. The case focuses on the issues facing Andy Jassy, the head of AWS, in 2008 as AWS faces increased competition from established technology giants, such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM. Students are asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had est...Starting at €8.20
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CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence, Teaching Note
John, Leslie K.; Quelch, John A.; Huckman, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-515086-EMarketingTeaching note for case 515010.Starting at €0.00
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Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused
Huckman, Robert S.Article HBS-R0909K-EService and Operations ManagementAs a business broadens over time, it can lose the operational edge that led to its original success. Core strengths atrophy, efficiency or quality suffers, and sharper rivals close in to take advantage of the loss of focus. In his classic article "The Focused Factory" (HBR May-June 1974), Wickham Skinner proposed that manufacturers whose product lines had proliferated create specialized units, each dedicated to a distinct task. To make this econo...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart Health: Scaling During a Pandemic
Huckman, Robert S.; Min, Yoonjin; Thiel, MarissaCase HBS-621061-EService and Operations ManagementAmidst the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Marcus Obsborne, Vice President for Health and Wellness Transformation at Walmart was planning to scale its new health care clinic business, Walmart Health, to additional locations in Georgia and beyond. Walmart Health aimed to differentiate its offerings from those of competing retail clinics, most notably by offering a wider range of services including visits with primary care physicia...Starting at €8.20