Hannah Bassett – Fellow 2020
Hannah Bassett, MD is a pediatric hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, CA. She attended University of New Mexico for medical school and completed her pediatric
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Addressing Affordability – Costs of Care’s Clear Focus
Over the past 10 years, Costs of Care has helped lead the value improvement movement through a number of overlapping phases, from raising awareness and advocating for transparency, to addressing appropriateness by supporting clinician-led efforts to reduce waste and low-value care. There is still much work to be done on each of these fronts and as an organization we will continue to be meaningfully engaged in advocacy, awareness, appropriateness, and education. However, while each of these foundational components are necessary, they are insufficient for making the impact we want to see on patients’ financial and physical experience of health care. To truly provide greater value for diverse populations, we must meaningfully address patient affordability.
New Costs of Care Fellow: Jess Keim-Malpass, RN, PhD
Jessica Keim-Malpass is a nurse scientist who has a background in implementation of emerging family-centered technologies in the health care setting, health communication, and economic analyses. She is a pediatric
On its 10th anniversary, Costs of Care names Christopher Moriates, MD, as the new Executive Director. Founder and outgoing Executive Director, Neel Shah, MD, named as Costs of Care’s Chairperson of the Board
BOSTON (PRWEB) APRIL 24, 2019 Costs of Care, today on its 10th anniversary, names Christopher Moriates as the new Executive Director of the influential healthcare non-profit. Founder and outgoing Executive
Incorporating Resource Stewardship into Medical School Curricula: My Experience as a First Year Medical Student
By Cassandra Sunga This past spring, I dropped a knife on my foot while cutting my birthday cake and completely lacerated the tendon on top of my big toe. Six
N=1, my experience with cost, care and insurance
By Robert Fogerty, MD, MPH “You look nice today. People don’t come to chemo in suits very often.” The friendly and familiar receptionist mentioned as I was checking out, the always