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    Transforming Science Into Service

    Explore innovative approaches to improving health care for patients.
    Transforming Science Into Service
    Explore innovative approaches to improving health care for patients.
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    Value Measurement for Health Care
    Date

    28-30 JUL 2021

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    HBS Campus

    Transform health care and deliver more value to patients—while establishing accurate measurement of meaningful outcomes and real costs.
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    Value Measurement for Health Care
    Date

    28-30 JUL 2021

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    In-Person

    Location

    HBS Campus

    Transform health care and deliver more value to patients—while establishing accurate measurement of meaningful outcomes and real costs.
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    As an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Justin Bird is focused on outcomes that add value. To enhance his knowledge in this critical area of health care, he attended the Value Measurement for Health Care program at Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education, where he discovered new ways of thinking about care delivery.

    Why did you choose to apply to the program?

    I wanted to gain a deep understanding of value-based health care and learn the nuts and bolts of it in practice. I strongly believe that we need to listen to our patients in order to better understand their desired outcome. By doing so, we will have a better chance of improving overall value.

    Was there an insight that strongly resonated with you?

    The value equation really helped me frame my approach to patient care. I learned that focusing on improving outcomes from the patient's point of view will lead to providing better value for patients and improving the health care system in general. Taking the patient’s point of view is really about empathy. Empathy drives a better patient experience.

    What impact has this program had on you since you attended?

    I've realized that we can improve health care if we take new approaches. One such approach is to view the patient as a customer who consumes health care. If we focus on the needs of the patient, we can make great strides in health care delivery. The academic medical culture has too often shunned the industry side of medicine and that has been both good and bad. I believe there is a better way—one in which academics embrace innovation and focus on the value of translating our science into products and services that improve outcomes for patients. If we as academics embrace the innovation process, we can be better shepherds in applying the knowledge we generate for the benefit of patients.

    Do you now have specific insights or strategies that you apply to your current work?

    Yes. The framework teaches us that we can drive better value either from improving outcomes, decreasing cost, or doing both. Most of my focus right now is on the outcome part of the equation. We are doing our best to obtain data from patients and clinicians and package it a way that is useful both at the point of care and in our secondary analyses of what works well and what doesn't.

    What advice would you give to future participants?

    Dive into the case studies and just soak up the experience. Leave with a concrete plan to implement at least one thing into your practice to create more value in your practice. Also, be sure to network with the other participants and find ways to collaborate.

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    Value Measurement for Health Care
    Date

    28-30 JUL 2021

    Format

    In-Person

    Location

    HBS Campus

    Transform health care and deliver more value to patients—while establishing accurate measurement of meaningful outcomes and real costs.
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    Featured Program
    Value Measurement for Health Care
    Date

    28-30 JUL 2021

    Format

    In-Person

    Location

    HBS Campus

    Transform health care and deliver more value to patients—while establishing accurate measurement of meaningful outcomes and real costs.
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