Fragmented Care Can Drive up Medical Costs
By Amit Vashist, MD, MBA “Dr. Vashist, I’m sorry to bother but you really need to look at this medication being taken by our...
25 May, 2015
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Transforming Value
By Jordan Harmon If you haven’t noticed, our health system is extremely complex. There are hundreds of surgical and non-surgical sub-specialties, thousands of hospital...
18 May, 2015
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Improving Pediatric Healthcare Cost & Quality at Your Fingertips
By Maya Dewan, MD, MPH In today’s world, a simple online search yields endless information about the quality and cost of restaurants, retail shops,...
11 May, 2015
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Why do a Study Like That?
By Ramesh Nathan, MD I recently was invited to participate in a research study, looking at the economic impact of a new drug for...
04 May, 2015
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Improving the value of the End-of-life care in the Emergency Department through the Conversation Facilitation
By Kei Ouchi, MD “I need a doctor in here!” As I walk into the resuscitation room in the emergency department (ED), I see Mr. G,...
27 April, 2015
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Review of “Less Medicine, More Health,” by H. Gilbert Welch
By Christopher Moriates, MD A few years ago I was eating dinner with a friend when, somehow, the conversation veered into the topic of...
20 April, 2015
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I am not an Economist
By Marty Muntz, MD, FACP I am not an economist. This is how I start my high-value care session during the internal medicine clerkship orientation day...
13 April, 2015
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The Missing Narrative on Making Healthcare Affordable
By Neel Shah, MD, MPP and Jordan Harmon, MHA We founded Costs of Care in May of 2009 with (we admit it) a highly...
06 April, 2015
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SOAP-V: Applying High-Value Care During Patient Care
By Eileen M. Moser, MD, MHPE; Sara Fazio, MD; Grace Huang, MD; Susan Glod, MD; Clifford Packer, MD “It’s important to teach the principles of...
30 March, 2015
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