Emerging Issues in Health Care

The information below is based on the program offered in 2013, and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for the 2014 course.

Your Course of Study

The nature of this program is an exploration of new ways of thinking about the health care continuum—from revolutionary therapies and technologies to inventive operating models and novel approaches to payment reform—through dynamic lectures, classroom discussions, real-world case studies, and conversations with peers. Emerging Issues in Health Care will cover five key areas: new science, regulatory and finance reform, new technology, obesity, and service innovation. The purposeful inclusion of all industry subsectors affords a unique opportunity for open dialogue enabling joint exploration facilitated by HBS and Harvard University faculty.

  1. New Science
    Evaluate the promise of new technologies and medical advances and their impact on patient health, care delivery, and reimbursement
  2. Regulatory and Finance Reform
    Improve quality of care and respond to new mandates
  3. New Technology
    Examine the impact of technology-empowered health care consumers
  4. Obesity
    Debate the alternatives to controlling the obesity epidemic—drugs vs. surgery vs. prevention
  5. Service Innovation
    Will efficiencies in care delivery close the cost gap?