Lessons from India in Organizational Innovation: A Tale of Two Heart Hospitals

13 Pages Posted: 6 Oct 2008

See all articles by Barak D. Richman

Barak D. Richman

Duke University School of Law; CERC, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine; George Washington University - Law School

Krishna Udayakumar

Duke University - Duke Global Health Institute

Will Mitchell

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Kevin A. Schulman

Duke University - Medical Center

Abstract

Recent discussions in health reform circles have pinned great hopes on the prospect of innovation as the solution to the high-cost, inadequate-quality U.S. health system. But U.S. health care institutions - insurers, providers, and specialists - have ceded leadership in innovation to Indian hospitals such as Care Hospital in Hyderabad and the Fortis Hospitals around New Delhi, which have U.S.-trained doctors and can perform open heart surgery for $6,000 (compared to $100,000 in the United States). The Indian success is a window into America's stalemate with inflating costs and stagnant innovation.

Suggested Citation

Richman, Barak D. and Udayakumar, Krishna and Mitchell, Will and Schulman, Kevin A., Lessons from India in Organizational Innovation: A Tale of Two Heart Hospitals. Health Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2008, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Paper No. 222, Duke Science, Technology & Innovation Paper No. 30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1277407

Barak D. Richman (Contact Author)

Duke University School of Law ( email )

210 Science Drive
Box 90362
Durham, NC 27708
United States
919-613-7244 (Phone)
919-613-7231 (Fax)

CERC, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine ( email )

United States

George Washington University - Law School ( email )

2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
United States

Krishna Udayakumar

Duke University - Duke Global Health Institute ( email )

Will Mitchell

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business ( email )

Box 90120
Durham, NC 27708-0120
United States

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

105 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6 M5S1S4
Canada

Kevin A. Schulman

Duke University - Medical Center ( email )

100 Fuqua Drive
Durham, NC 27715
United States

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
274
Abstract Views
2,565
Rank
203,067
PlumX Metrics