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- January 19, 2024
- Article
Value-Based Health Care Can Transform the Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorder
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Sarah E. Wakeman
U.S. overdose deaths currently exceed 100,000 per year. New facilities, known as bridge clinics, are broadening access to high-quality care by offering outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment with few access barriers. But many of the critical services offered... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., and Sarah E. Wakeman. "Value-Based Health Care Can Transform the Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorder." Health Affairs Forefront (January 19, 2024).
- February 2019
- Article
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
By: David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern and David Wennberg
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician... View Details
Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg. "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 1 (February 2019): 192–221.
- August 2020
- Article
Do Physician Incentives Increase Patient Medication Adherence?
By: Edward Kong, John Beshears, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian, Kevin Volpp, George Loewenstein, Jonathan Kolstad and James J. Choi
We conducted a randomized experiment (911 primary care practices and 8,935 nonadherent patients) to test the effect of paying physicians for increasing patient medication adherence in three drug classes: diabetes medication, antihypertensives, and statins. We measured... View Details
Keywords: Health Economics; Medication Adherence; Physician Payment Incentives; Primary Care; Quality Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior
Kong, Edward, John Beshears, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian, Kevin Volpp, George Loewenstein, Jonathan Kolstad, and James J. Choi. "Do Physician Incentives Increase Patient Medication Adherence?" Health Services Research 55, no. 4 (August 2020): 503–511.
- Other Article
Giving Patients an Active Role in Their Health Care
By: Len Schlesinger and John Fox
Schlesinger, Len, and John Fox. "Giving Patients an Active Role in Their Health Care." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 21, 2016).
- January 2023
- Teaching Note
Brigham & Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This Teaching Note was prepared to aid classroom instructors in the use of "Brigham and Women's Hospital: Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Breast Cancer Care," HBS Case No. 122-010. View Details
- 2016
- Article
Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes.
By: Michaela Kerrissey, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg and Sara J. Singer
Integrating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions is essential to improving quality. Yet little is known about care integration from the patient’s perspective and how it relates to medical group characteristics. We created a nationally representative... View Details
Keywords: Care Coordination; Integrated Care; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Perspective; Health Industry
Kerrissey, Michaela, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg, and Sara J. Singer. "Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes." Academy of Management Proceedings (2016).
- October 2024
- Article
Challenges and Facilitators in Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring Programs in Primary Care
By: Ruth Hailu, Jessica Sousa, Mitchell Tang, Ateev Mehrotra and Lori Uscher-Pines
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in greater use of remote patient monitoring (RPM). However, the use of RPM has been modest compared to other forms of telehealth.
Objective: To identify and describe barriers to the implementation of RPM among primary... View Details
Objective: To identify and describe barriers to the implementation of RPM among primary... View Details
Hailu, Ruth, Jessica Sousa, Mitchell Tang, Ateev Mehrotra, and Lori Uscher-Pines. "Challenges and Facilitators in Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring Programs in Primary Care." Journal of General Internal Medicine 39, no. 13 (October 2024): 2471–2477.
- March 2015
- Case
Transforming Care at UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ashley-Kay Fryer and Morten T. Hansen
This case details the transformation of a health care delivery system, UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge, into a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) after the passage of health reform in the United States. The case explores in detail how the hospital CEO and staff... View Details
Keywords: ACO; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Reform; Change Leadership; Change Management; Coordination; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Health Industry; United States
Edmondson, Amy C., Ashley-Kay Fryer, and Morten T. Hansen. "Transforming Care at UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge." Harvard Business School Case 615-052, March 2015.
- May 21, 2020
- Editorial
Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?
By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams
Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Primary Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Insurance
Dafny, Leemore S., and J. Michael McWilliams. "Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?" Health Affairs Blog (May 21, 2020).
- May 2018
- Article
The Economics of Patient-Centered Care
By: Guy David, Philip Saynisch and Aaron Smith-McLallen
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a widely-implemented model for improving primary care, emphasizing care coordination, information technology, and process improvements. However, its treatment as an undifferentiated intervention in policy evaluation obscures... View Details
Keywords: Primary Care; Accreditation; Patient-centered Medical Home; Health Care and Treatment; Economics
David, Guy, Philip Saynisch, and Aaron Smith-McLallen. "The Economics of Patient-Centered Care." Journal of Health Economics 59 (May 2018): 60–77.
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Patient Care Delivery Model at the Massachusetts General Hospital, The TN
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Emily Heaphy
Teaching Note for (9-699-154). View Details
- December 26, 2014
- Article
Delivering Higher Value Care Means Spending More Time with Patients
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Derek A. Haas, Yudit C. Krosner and Nirvan Mukerji
Kaplan, Robert S., Derek A. Haas, Yudit C. Krosner, and Nirvan Mukerji. "Delivering Higher Value Care Means Spending More Time with Patients." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 26, 2014).
- March 2012 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski and Jessica A. Hohman
The case describes two pilot projects on applying activity-based costing to measuring the cost of treating patients. It presents process maps and financial data relating to the processes used during (1) an office visit to a plastic surgeon for three different diagnoses... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Costing; Hospitals; Activity Based Costing and Management; Mathematical Methods; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, and Jessica A. Hohman. "Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs." Harvard Business School Case 112-086, March 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
- November 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care 2019
By: Michael E. Porter, Jens Deerberg-Wittram and Thomas W. Feeley
Since its establishment in 2005, Hamburg’s Martini Klinik had single mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to measure long-term health outcomes for every patient. A wholly owned subsidiary of the University Hospital Hamburg, Martini Klinik was a... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Michael Porter; Jens Deerberg-Wittram; Clifford Marks; Prostate Cancer; Health Care Policy; Value Agenda; Integrated Practice Units; Outcomes Measurement; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Health Disorders; Insurance; Medical Specialties; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Germany
Porter, Michael E., Jens Deerberg-Wittram, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-359, November 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- March 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Schön Klinik: Eating Disorder Care
By: Michael E. Porter, Emma Stanton, Jessica A. Hohman and Caleb Stowell
The Schön Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium health care provider in a competitive German market. The case details Schön Klinik's founding, its early focus on measurement and improvement, and the design and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Quality; Outcomes; Quality Improvement; Strategy And Performance Measurement; Integration; Measurement and Metrics; Competition; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Performance Evaluation; Business Processes; Health Industry; Germany
Porter, Michael E., Emma Stanton, Jessica A. Hohman, and Caleb Stowell. "Schön Klinik: Eating Disorder Care." Harvard Business School Case 712-475, March 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs
By: Robert S. Kaplan
- Article
Defining, Measuring, and Improving Value in Spine Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Derek Haas
This chapter discusses how to measure and improve spine care outcomes and costs. Today’s commonly used outcome metrics, such as readmission and complication rates, are actually process and quality metrics. They are not the outcomes, such as improvement in pain and... View Details
Keywords: Spine Care; Outcomes Measurement; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement; Value
Kaplan, Robert S., and Derek Haas. "Defining, Measuring, and Improving Value in Spine Care." Seminars in Spine Surgery 30, no. 2 (June 2018): 80–83.
- May–June 2020
- Article
The Agenda for the Next Generation of Health Care Information Technology
By: Thomas W. Feeley, Zachary Landman and Michael E. Porter
As the diffusion of value-based health care efforts accelerates globally, the need for interoperable information technology systems that support value-based care is essential. Such systems are needed to facilitate dramatic improvements in patient outcomes and... View Details
Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Integration; Performance Improvement; Performance Efficiency
Feeley, Thomas W., Zachary Landman, and Michael E. Porter. "The Agenda for the Next Generation of Health Care Information Technology." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 1, no. 3 (May–June 2020).
- May 2020
- Article
Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education
By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper
Problem:
Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to... View Details
Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses
Holtzman, Jessica N., Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert, and Jennifer Kasper. "Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education." Academic Medicine 95, no. 5 (May 2020): 740–743.
- December 2009 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Phreesia: The Patient Intake Company
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Sunaina Yarlagadda and Brian L. Walker
How should the co-founders of an organization that provides patient sign-in and billing services scale their company after five years of successfully targeting small private physician practices? Phreesia had deployed a direct mail and sales force strategy that resulted... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., Sunaina Yarlagadda, and Brian L. Walker. "Phreesia: The Patient Intake Company." Harvard Business School Case 310-066, December 2009. (Revised March 2025.)