Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina E. Herzlinger
Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration
| Unit | General Management |
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| Contact | (617) 495-6646 Send E-Mail |
| Interests | corporate governance, corporate strategy, industry evolution, nonprofit, more > |
| Overview | Biography | Publications & Course Materials | Current Research | Areas of Interest |
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and the first to serve on a number of corporate boards. She is widely recognized for her innovative research in health care, including her early predictions of the unraveling of managed care and the rise of consumer-driven health care and health care focused factories, two terms that she coined. Money has dubbed her the "Godmother" of consumer-driven health care. She was profiled most recently by BusinessWeek in "If Health Care Were Run like Retail" and by Roll Call in "Obama, Congress: Take a Look at the Swiss Answer to Health Care."
Featured Work
Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure
by Regina Herzlinger, May 2007
In the battle for U.S. health care, patients and doctors are losing.
One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina Herzlinger exposes the motives and methods of those who have crippled America's health care system-figures in the insurance, hospital, employment, governmental, and academic sectors. She proves how our current system, which is organized around payers and providers rather than the needs of its users, is dangerously eroding patient welfare and is pushing costs out of the reach of millions.
Who Killed Health Care? then outlines Herzlinger's bold new plan for a consumer-driven system that will deliver affordable, high-quality care to everyone. By putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing the middleman in the doctor-patient relationship, and giving employers cost relief, consumers and physicians will be empowered to make the system work the way it should. Herzlinger describes in precise detail how her innovative program will provide
- Smaller, disease-focused medical facilities that provide complete care for patients
- A national system of medical records that provides privacy with confidential access by approved practitioners
- Mandatory performance evaluations of all hospitals and all other medical organizations
- Mandatory health insurance with subsidies for those who cannot afford it