This leadership development program focuses on the role of value measurement as part of a strategic agenda to transform quality and cost in health care. Other management challenges include organizing integrated practice units around patient medical conditions, moving to value-based bundled prices for care cycles, integrating care delivery across facilities, and implementing a value measurement system.

Value Measurement for Health Care examines how the rigorous measurement of outcomes and costs can enable systematic improvement in the care delivery process. Through dynamic classroom discussions and real-world case studies of innovative health care practices in action, you will gain valuable insights that can be applied throughout your organization to improve patient outcomes and lower delivery costs.

This program is designed for senior clinical leaders who oversee care delivery and for top financial executives who are responsible for cost management at large, established health care delivery organizations around the world. Senior executives in payor organizations, government agencies, and supplier companies, and others who are interested in value measurement are also encouraged to apply.

Every Harvard Business School Executive Education program is developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through publishing, consulting, and teaching, HBS faculty leverage their business expertise and field-based research to develop enduring concepts that shape the practice of management. The result is an Executive Education teaching team whose groundbreaking insights challenge participants' thinking and enable them to become superior business leaders.

The Admissions Committee meets monthly, and admits qualified candidates on a rolling, space available basis. Early application is strongly encouraged. Although there are no formal educational requirements, proficiency in written and spoken English is essential. Because Executive Education programs enhance the leadership capacity of the participants as well as their organizations, HBS expects the full commitment of both. While participants are attending a program, sponsoring organizations agree to relieve them of their work responsibilities so that they can fully focus on the learning experience.