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Company Analysis

Background information on project sponsors

Executive bios 

Size of organization, i.e., number of employees, revenue

Capital IQ - Public and private companies and nonprofit organizations.

GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations.

CB Insights and Industry Analytics - Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies.

Industry and Market Research

Market reports on healthcare products and services including medical devices, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant topics covered include:

-digital health

-targeted therapy

-computer assisted surgery

-cloudbased healthcare

-telemedicine

Frost & Sullivan - health care market research emphasizing science/technology that is ready for commercialization

BCC - in-depth market research reports on many sectors within health care and life sciences.

Technavio- global market reports on health care sectors such as pharmaceutical, therapeutics, biotechnology and medical imaging

Articles and News

Articles on topics related to healthcare delivery; for example:

-home hospital

-accountable care organization model

-mental health models

-patient referrals

-health care delivery systems

-scheduling optimization

-care coordination

ABI/ProQuest and Business Source Complete - primary article databases for academic and professional management journals including Health Affairs, Harvard Business Review

Factiva- primary article database for news from thousands of news publications worldwide

Pubmed - primary database for journal articles that focus on the study and practice of medicine. 

Health Business Fulltext Elite - journal articles on all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care management.

Google Scholar - specialized search engine optimized for locating scholarly and academic material licensed by Harvard covering all disciplines. The FIND IT @ Harvard button will automatically appear with search results.

Books