Health Care Delivery Curriculum
Since the publication of Redefining Health Care, there has been strong interest in how to actually implement the principles of value-based health care delivery in practice. Many organizations have already begun to apply these principles, from large multi- hospital providers, to small group practices, health plans, and employers. We are committed to develop a body of material to inform and motivate practitioners to restructure and improve care delivery in all parts of the health care system.
From January 11 - 15, 2010, Professor Porter, together with other faculty, will teach the third one-week, full-time Intensive Seminar on value-based health care delivery. This non-credit, graduate-level program will be held at Harvard Business School and is open by application to Harvard MBA and MD students; others at Harvard pursuing health care-related courses of study; medical residents; junior physicians and clinicians at Boston area providers; and interested residents and clinicians from outside of Boston. The seminar utilizes case studies, guest protagonists, concept lectures, and other materials to present the fundamental principles of value-based care delivery and examine organizations working to implement those principles in practice.
For additional information, including a link to the application, please see the course announcement and the presentation slides from the HBS Information Session on September 14, 2009.
The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) at Harvard University is developing a growing body of case studies on health care delivery. These case studies, set in the United States and abroad, provide detailed examples of the strategic, organizational, or process choices involved in moving towards value-based care delivery models. These cases provide a rich understanding of how individual actors can drive change and improve patient outcomes.
Completed Case Studies
Near Completion
In Process
We would be pleased to collaborate with faculty interested in teaching any of the Institute's health care case studies or other Value-Based Health Care Delivery material. To learn more about our curriculum and discuss how it might be used at your school, please contact Professor Porter (mporter@hbs.edu) or Institute Senior Researcher Jennifer Baron (jebaron@hbs.edu).