The four habits of high-value health care

The four habits of high-value health care

The concept of value – the ratio of cost to outcome – has increasingly become part of the conversation about health care system reform. Although some organisations in the United States have made substantial progress in improving efficiency while preserving or enhancing quality, the pace of innovation across the health care sector has been slow, raising the question of just how organisations can learn from top performers.

This seminar will explore what top-performing American organisations specifically do to improve clinical performance, and will consider which, if any, of their approaches are transferable to other organisations. In particular we will discuss what aspects of these ideas are applicable in a UK context, and what might be some of the hidden pitfalls of interventions to increase performance.

Certificates of attendance will be made available to all delegates.

About the medical leadership masterclass series

We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a series of medical leadership masterclasses in 2013. The masterclasses will be delivered by Professor Richard Bohmer. Richard is Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and an International Visiting Fellow at The King’s Fund.

At the Harvard Business School he teaches an MBA course on health care operations management and is the faculty chair for two executive programmes in health care delivery. He teaches and consults on health management issues in numerous locations around the world.

Richard has published on a number of topics including: quality improvement, technology adoption and operations strategy in health care. He is the author of Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care (HBS Press, 2009).