Publications

June 2020

Are cost advantages from a modern Indian hospital transferable to the United States?

by F. Erhun, PhD, a,b R. S. Kaplan, PhD, c V. G. Narayanan, PhD, c K. Brayton, MD, JD, MS, a M. Kalani, MD, a M. C. Mazza, PhD, a C. Nguyen, MD, MS, a T. Platchek, MD, a B. Mistry, MD, MBA, c R. Mann, BA, a D. Kazi, MD, MS, d C. Pinnock, MD, MPH, a K. A. Schulman, MD, MBA, a J. Xue, MD, MPH, a D. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP, e M. Mack, MD, e B. James, MD, a,f G. Poulsen, MBA, f J. Punnen, MD, g D. Shetty, MD, g and A. Milstein, MD, MPH

                                 
                                          Rationale and Objectives: To quantify the costs and work of diagnostic radiology (DR)
                                             residents using the radiology key performance indicator turn-around time (TAT) as
                                             the outcome measure. Materials and Methods: In an Institutional Review Board-approved
                                             study, the...

February 2020

2020 TDABC Starter Kit

by Professor Robert Kaplan and Dr. Syed Shehab

                                 
                                          This article is designed for new partners to help initiate TDABC projects. It reviews
                                             the basic concepts of value-based health care and how a motivated team can undertake
                                             a cost measurement project in their own institution.

December 2019
Journal of Medical Systems

Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Demonstrate Value in Perioperative Care: Recommendations from the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI)

by Olivia Allin, Richard D Urman, Angela F Edwards ,Jeanna D Blitz ,Kurt J Pfeifer, Thomas W Feeley, and Angela M Bader

                                 
                                          A shift in healthcare payment models from volume toward value-based will require deliberate
                                             input into systems development from both perioperative clinicians and administrators
                                             to ensure appropriate recognition of the value of all provided services.

October 2019
New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst

Achieving Value in Highly Complex Acute Care: Lessons from the Delivery of Extra Corporeal Life Support

by Michael Nurok, Jonathan Warsh, Jeffrey Lopez, Mayumi Kharabi, and Robert S. Kaplan

                                 
                                          In this study the authors sought to apply a value (outcomes and cost) analysis to
                                             extracorporeal life support (ECLS), a relatively rare but very expensive ICU therapy
                                             with highly variable outcomes.