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Developing Sustainable Methods of Health Care: A Global Challenge The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science. Thom Walsh PhD, MS, MSPT thom.walsh@dartmouth.edu | twitter.com/@thomwalsh. The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science.
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Developing Sustainable Methods of Health Care: A Global ChallengeThe Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science Thom Walsh PhD, MS, MSPTthom.walsh@dartmouth.edu | twitter.com/@thomwalsh
The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science Created in 2010, the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science draws upon unique resources from across disciplines, forming innovative global partnerships that bring the discipline of science to the questions of service delivery while building a deeper understanding of the personal dimension of health and health care.
CEO Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health SystemJim Weinstein DO, MS “We must find a sustainable health system for patients, providers, payers, and our communities”
A Health Care Delivery Science Post-Doc’s Life The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science Master of Health Care Delivery Science Research
Best Thinkers Across Disciplines Best Thinkers • Best Doers Across Contexts • Best Communicators Across Constituencies
Best Thinkers Across Disciplines • Best Doers Across Contexts Best Doers • Best Communicators Across Constituencies
Best Thinkers Across Disciplines • Best Doers Across Contexts • Best Communicators Across Constituencies Best Communicators
Health Care Delivery Science Health Care Delivery Science D B The Implementation Gap Outcome A C Spending
Across Countries and Contexts Dr. Lisa Adams in Rwanda Dr. Jaime Bayona in Tanzania Health Coaches in Peru
Health & Health Care Clinical training teaches us to link outcomes and exposures • Upper respiratory infection viruses • Cancer carcinogens • Obesity calories in/calories out
There Is More to the Story… The Field Model
McKinlay & McKinlay 2005[1997]. Pp. 7 - 19 Sociology of Health & Illness
Haiti • Affordable housing and health: The $300 House Project • Medical education: weekly video lecture series in “grand rounds” style to seven sites in Haiti.
Haiti: The $300 House Project Molly Bode at Dartmouth site visit for $300 House Project Cross-disciplinary approach to health care: Studio Art / Architecture, Thayer Engineering, Tuck Business, Undergraduate Arts & Sciences, Graduate Studies, Geisel School of Medicine
The Epidemiologic Transition Wilkinson, R: Unhealthy Societies 1996
Medical Education in Haiti • Dartmouth, Haiti Medical Education (HME) Project & McGill University weekly video lecture series and curriculum development • Building an education network
Peru: Partnership Overview Dartmouth undergraduate and medical students in Lima, Peru Oncology systems with National Cancer Institute Emergency preparedness Primary care Maternal mortality prevention Shared decision making Geisel, Tuck, Thayer, and Arts & Sciences collaborating on projects
Rwanda Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of Rwanda, receiving an honorary degree from Dartmouth President, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, in 2010.
Moving from Infectious to Chronic Disease & Unintended Consequences
The Distribution of Health Care Spending Per Condition for Similar Patients Adapted from “Cowboys and Pit Crews” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker. May 26, 2011
The Distribution of Quality Health Care Provision Per Condition for Similar Patients
What We Believe Cost & Quality Curves Match
Implication Curves match • Reducing health care spending impairs quality
What the Data Tell Us Cost & Quality Curves Do Not Match Some Areas Provide Above Average Quality at Below Average Spending
Implication Curves do not match • It is possible to reduce spending and improve quality
Health Care Reform in China Dartmouth’s Approaches to Serve China Chinese Provinces • National & Regional Dartmouth Atlases • A High Value Health Care Collaborative • New Models of Primary Care • Leadership Training Programs
Different Contexts • Developing, emerging, & sustaining economies • Single payer & multi-payer health care systems
Similar Interventions • Assessment of variation as a catalyst for change • Networks • Improvement • Education • Reforming & revitalizing primary care • Community integrated care • Shared Decision Making
C. Monet(1840-1926) Research Focus
The Value Equation V = OP / C Value = Patient Outcome / Cost of Care
Case 3 Case 2
The Value Equation V = OP / C Value = Patient Outcome / Cost of Care
Preference Diagnosis http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/patients%E2%80%99-preferences-matter
Preference Diagnosis 71%of physicians rated “keeping my breast” as a top priority for women with breast CA 7%of women report “keeping my breast” as a top priority (Lee 2010)