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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Five Insights From the 2015 MIT Bioinnovations Conference
By Jonathan Gordon On February 20th, I had the privilege of taking part in the 2015 MIT Bioinnovations conference. Dr. Neel Shah kicked off the...
23 March, 2015
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