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Matherne, G. Paul
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (A): The Problem
Matherne, G. Paul; Swanson, Jon
OM-1787 | Published January 31, 2023 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventil... Read More
Keeping Tiny Babies Safe (B): The Solution
Matherne, G. Paul; Swanson, Jon
OM-1788 | Published January 31, 2023 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2014, the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Virginia hospital experienced an increase in unplanned extubations, which could endanger the lives of premature infants who needed ventil... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (A): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1764 | Published February 18, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (C): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1766 | Published February 18, 2022 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (D): Uncertainty in Everything as COVID-19 Arrives
OM-1767 | Published February 18, 2022 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Uncertainty in Hospital Supplies—A Cardinal Error (B): Decision-Making as a Crisis Unfolds
OM-1765 | Published February 18, 2022 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set is about the unfolding uncertainty associated with a supply chain issue involving Cardinal Health (Cardinal), the primary supplier of surgical packs to Garfield Health System (GHS). John... Read More
Back Pain: How Can We Provide Value for Patients?
Matherne, G. Paul; Massaro, Thomas A.
OM-1670 | Published February 04, 2022 | 2 pages. Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this exercise, students read a brief medical history of fictional patient Mr. Jones, who has chronic low back pain (LBP). They are also given an overview of LBP and its treatment options in the Uni... Read More
Trying to Do Good: Whom Do I Please?
OM-1669 | Published February 03, 2022 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this short case, an accounting executive considers opportunities for community involvement. The case includes a board service readiness quiz, which is used to help people figure out whether they ar... Read More
Genetic Testing: Where Is the Real Risk?
Matherne, G. Paul; Behrman, Katelyn; Thomas, Matthew J.
OM-1744 | Published January 12, 2022 | 7 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Sandra Martinez, a junior partner in a new biotech venture capital fund, is working on a due diligence report on a new genetic testing firm that plans to launch a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform for... Read More
Cath Lab Catastrophe: Person or Process Issue?
OM-1673 | Published December 21, 2021 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case follows fictional Baby Girl Jones, born with a life-threatening condition: cyanotic heart disease (not enough oxygen in the blood). Her initial evaluation revealed transposition of the great... Read More
Technology, Virtual Health, and the Electronic Medical Record: Whom Does It Serve?
OM-1758 | Published December 15, 2021 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short fictional case describes two very different patients, each waiting to see a new doctor. It includes questions about patient needs in terms of health care, technology, virtual checkups, and ... Read More
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Quissel, Kathryn; Liang, Rongwu; Zhang, Olivia
OM-1742 | Published November 30, 2021 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
Where in the World Should You Get Cancer? (B): Lu Yong Epilogue
Matherne, G. Paul; Quissel, Kathryn; Liang, Rongwu; Zhang, Olivia
OM-1743 | Published November 30, 2021 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What does “universal health care coverage” mean? Is it the same all over the world? Universal health care systems have the benefit of ensuring access to some services with a degree of financial protec... Read More
A Partner for Mary Washington: Glide with Cerner or Chart a New Path with Epic (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Elcan, Elizabeth
OM-1731 | Published November 09, 2021 | 7 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set focuses on a health system undergoing transformation and change. In 2015, Mary Washington Healthcare is the latest health care organization to plan to upgrade its electronic health recor... Read More
A Partner for Mary Washington: Glide with Cerner or Chart a New Path with Epic (B)
Matherne, G. Paul; Elcan, Elizabeth
OM-1732 | Published November 09, 2021 | 1 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set focuses on a health system undergoing transformation and change. In 2015, Mary Washington Healthcare (Mary Washington) is the latest health care organization to plan to upgrade its elect... Read More
COVID-19 (B): "It's Like a War"
Matherne, G. Paul; Kessel, Samuel
E-0447 | Published September 21, 2021 | 1 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, John Jenkins, the new chief medical officer of Garfield Health System (GHS) University Hospital, was at the cusp of a crisis. While he had been informed of COVID-19 previously by the ho... Read More
COVID-19 (A): How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now?
Matherne, G. Paul; Kessel, Samuel
E-0446 | Published September 21, 2021 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, John Jenkins, the new chief medical officer of Garfield Health System (GHS) University Hospital, was at the cusp of a crisis. While he had been informed of COVID-19 previously by the ho... Read More
Spreading HOPE: Building Healthy Outcomes through Patient Engagement
Matherne, G. Paul; Vergales, Jeffrey
OM-1672 | Published September 21, 2021 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a serious health condition affecting infants. Since 1981, when procedures were first developed to address HLHS, the mortality rate has been declining, and by ... Read More
Tests and Triumphs in Telemedicine (B): Technology before Its Time or a Savior in a Crisis?
Matherne, G. Paul; Shepard, Taylor Anne
E-0469 | Published September 20, 2021 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the A case, Dr. Carol Evans is preparing for a December 2019 meeting with the leaders of Garfield Health Sciences (GHS) Center, about launching a full-fledged direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine ... Read More
Tests and Triumphs in Telemedicine (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Shepard, Taylor Anne
E-0468 | Published September 20, 2021 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this A case, it’s December 2019, and Dr. Carol Evans is preparing for a meeting with the leaders of Garfield Health Sciences (GHS) Center. She aims to persuade them to launch a full-fledged direct-... Read More
Rough Seas for ChenMed (B)
Matherne, G. Paul; Behrman, Katelyn
QA-0921 | Published July 26, 2021 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is looming. Gordon Chen, MD, the chief medical officer of ChenMed, a family-owned company committed to delivering primary care to the oldest and most vulnerable pa... Read More
Rough Seas for ChenMed (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Behrman, Katelyn
QA-0920 | Published July 26, 2021 | 11 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is looming. Gordon Chen, MD, the chief medical officer of ChenMed, a family-owned company committed to delivering primary care to the oldest and most vulnerable pa... Read More
The Electronic Medical Record: Whom Does It Serve?
OM-1674 | Published November 30, 2020 | 1 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This short fictional case describes two very different patients, each waiting to see a new doctor. It includes questions about patient needs in terms of health care, technology, and electronic medical... Read More
COVID-19 Testing: How Hard Can It Be? (B)
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane
E-0456 | Published November 03, 2020 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early March 2020, Amy Mathers, a physician and faculty member at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health), contemplated how UVA Health could get access to COVID-19 testing—and fast. Th... Read More
COVID-19 Testing: How Hard Can It Be? (A)
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane
E-0455 | Published November 03, 2020 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early March 2020, Amy Mathers, a physician and faculty member at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health), contemplated how UVA Health could get access to COVID-19 testing—and fast. Th... Read More
Translating Personal Tragedy into Action: Starting the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane; Behrman, Katelyn
E-0462 | Published October 30, 2020 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2020, Jennifer and Corey Feist started the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Fund in memory of Jennifer’s sister. As the head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital, Lorna Breen had treated pati... Read More
Food Runners (A): Nowhere to Run to
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane
OM-1703 | Published October 27, 2020 | 5 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mary Risley was as stunned as the rest of the country by the rapid shutdown of the economy in early March of 2020 in response to COVID-19. Risley was the founder of Food Runners, a San Francisco-based... Read More
Food Runners (B): A New Path?
Matherne, G. Paul; Orr, Emily Jane
OM-1704 | Published October 27, 2020 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mary Risley was as stunned as the rest of the country by the rapid shutdown of the economy in early March of 2020 in response to COVID-19. Risley was the founder of Food Runners, a San Francisco-based... Read More
Hope for Special Hope? (A)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
OM-1679 | Published March 17, 2020 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their famili... Read More
Hope for Special Hope? (C)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
OM-1681 | Published March 17, 2020 | 4 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their famili... Read More
Hope for Special Hope? (B)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
OM-1680 | Published March 17, 2020 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children with intellectual disabilities and their famili... Read More
High Health Care Premiums in Charlottesville: Who Is to Blame? And What Should Be Done?
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul; Feist, J. Corey
E-0439 | Published March 16, 2020 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When Karl Quist, a resident of Charlottesville, Virginia, looks at the rate increases in his unsubsidized, individual-market Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care insurance premiums in November 2017, ... Read More
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (C)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul; Minogue, Kevin; Oberleitner, Ryan; Punches, Charlie; Rose, Caroline; Bermel, Peggy; Fox, Brennan
S-0316 | Published September 06, 2019 | 2 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This optional C case follows S-0314 and S-0315, and describes the results of decisions on whether to allow a merger of two health care entities in rural Virginia. This case set explores the differenc... Read More
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (B)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul; Minogue, Kevin; Oberleitner, Ryan; Punches, Charlie; Rose, Caroline; Bermel, Peggy; Fox, Brennan
S-0315 | Published September 06, 2019 | 6 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this B case, the follow-up to S-0314, Marissa Levine, the Virginia Commissioner of Health, considers reports for and against the merger of two health care entities in rural Virginia, as she decides... Read More
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (A)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul; Minogue, Kevin; Oberleitner, Ryan; Punches, Charlie; Rose, Caroline; Bermel, Peggy; Fox, Brennan
S-0314 | Published September 06, 2019 | 14 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Mark Seidman at the Federal Trade Commission is evaluating a proposed merger between two health care entities and competing market leaders in southwest Virginia. The rural region is characterized by p... Read More
BKK: Commercializing a New Drug
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
QA-0909 | Published February 25, 2019 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Dr. Brad Worthington, surgeon and anesthesiologist, has created BKK, a nonopioid surgical pain reliever. A combination of three FDA-approved drugs, BKK has beneficial properties beyond those of the in... Read More
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (B)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
OM-1612 | Published December 21, 2018 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2... Read More
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (A)
Goldberg, Rebecca; Matherne, G. Paul
OM-1611 | Published December 21, 2018 | 3 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2... Read More