Istituto Clinico Humanitas is a newly built private hospital, south of Milan, Italy, which reached profitability unusual in patients social systems. Hospital was built and operated Techosp, a subsidiary of Techint, a global engineering and consulting firm. Techosp created a design and a control system that emphasizes patient throughput optimization and the use of all means the hospital. Doctors are fully occupied and have a significant financial incentive to maximize efficiency. The executive team is currently considering whether to join the University of Milan Medical School and, in fact, was the first private Italian academic medical center. General manager must consider the impact of this on the performance of the hospital affiliation. "Hide
by Richard Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano, Ning Tang Source: Harvard Business School 32 pages. Publication Date: September 18, 2002. Prod. #: 603063-PDF-ENG
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