In this course, Harvard Business School faculty teach learners to align business strategy with the challenges and structures of the health care industry in the United States.
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What can business strategy teach us about health care innovation in the United States? Why is a strategic vision important to implement in health care organizations? How do health care providers and institutions create value — and, more importantly, how do they capture value?
When you think of health care organizations, do the terms sustainable advantage or strategic differentiation come to mind? In an industry with increasing competition and innovation, leaders of U.S. health care organizations, and those delivering care, need to understand how their success depends on these key principles. This includes understanding health care business strategy and market development, the forces that make it easy or difficult to capture value, and how you can successfully compete against rivals. You must go beyond creating value to develop the critical thinking and analytical skills to develop a health care business strategy which will allow you to evaluate the needs of your business, optimize business decisions, and develop new or innovative health care ventures.
Balancing the needs of multiple parties—patients, purchasers, and providers—can be daunting and many decision makers struggle to meet the growing demands of an evolving industry. By exploring different health care business models through real-world case studies, you will step into the shoes of business leaders and learn to face these problems directly, identifying both opportunities and challenges, to derive actionable insights for your own business. Further, you will use economic and policy frameworks to seek ways to improve efficiency in the health care sector, particularly as it relates to spending.
This online health care management course is primarily focused on U.S. health care and institutions; however, the business strategies and principles can be applied broadly in health care settings around the world to identify sources of competitive advantage.
Led by Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafny, Health Care Strategy will help you align the principles of business strategy with the unique challenges and structures of U.S. health care organizations. The course is fundamental to health care executive education will enable you to define the mission of your organization, develop a strategy to create and capture value, and lead your organization to success with confidence.
Combine the best business strategies with the fundamentals of the health care sector in the United States.
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been approved for 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will have access to claim their credits through the Harvard Medical School’s continuing education platform.
The course is part of the Health Care Leadership Learning Path and will be delivered via HBS Online’s course platform. Learners will be immersed in real-world examples from experts at industry-leading organizations. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
