Teaching Medical Students About Costs
The following post is by Brian Powers, an M.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he worked at the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care. After graduating from college I had the opportunity to spend two years working at the Institute of Medicine on a variety of health care improvement topics. When it came time to apply to medical school I noticed an odd dissonance—the challenges I had been grappling with at the IOM were not manifest in most medical school curricula. I knew that multidisciplinary teams deliver the best care, but I was...
Read More“Go Ask Your Doctor…” – Educating Patients and Physicians About Costs of Care
Christopher Moriates, MD is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). During residency training he co-created a cost awareness curriculum for residents at UCSF and is an active member of the American College of Physicians (ACP) High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care Curriculum Development Committee. The New York Times said that I probably should skip my annual physical. The other day, Consumer Reports sent me something in the mail entitled, “Imaging tests for lower-back pain: Why you probably don’t need them.” It...
Read MoreThanks for shopping: Cost-consciousness and clinical decision-making
Ian Metzler is a medical student at Harvard Medical School, currently studying health systems improvement at Children’s Hospital Boston. With computerized health systems, physicians can place orders as easily as they can shop online at Amazon.com. Just a few clicks and your physician can purchase a panel of blood tests, futuristic imaging and diagnostic procedures that will hopefully guide their path to solving your ailments. Search. Click. Submit. Repeat. Except, unlike online shopping, physicians don’t see the price tags and they never get the bill. Doctors are the true consumers of...
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