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Scholarly Publications
Learning on the Job: Evidence from Physicians in Training
March 2018
Abstract: Learning on the job creates a tradeoff in team decisions: Workers with less knowledge have less to contribute to team decisions, but experiential learning may require that trainees also...
Industry Input in Policymaking: Evidence from Medicare
February 2018
Abstract: In setting prices for physician services, Medicare solicits input from a committee that evaluates proposals from industry.
The Evolving Story of Overlapping Surgery
June 2017
In December 2015, a Boston Globe investigation of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sparked investigations into concurrent and overlapping surgery.
Other Publications
Beyond the Public Plan: Pathway to Control Costs & Transform the Delivery System
July 2009
The current focus of the health reform debate is rightfully beginning to shift to the need to transform the delivery system to contain the long run growth in costs.
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, fall 2006 issue
October 2006
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter, which covers news from the summer 2006 quarter, includes articles about: research by CHP/PCOR investigators that influenced the Centers for Disease...
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, spring 2006 issue
April 2006
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter, which covers news from the winter 2006 quarter, includes articles about: a comprehensive review of worldwide anthrax cases from 1900 to 2005,...
News
It's a win-win: Hospitals should apologize for mistakes
November 2018
Research by Stanford Health Policy’s Michelle Mello looks at what happens when a group of hospitals started systematically acknowledging adverse outcomes in care by apologizing and proactively...
Hospitals should consider underused resource to cut costs and promote value-based care
July 2018
There is a wealth of data that could help hospitals cut costs while still providing high-quality service for patients, if physicians were willing to join forces with administrators to truly...
Better health projections lead to better health policy, says new SHP faculty member
July 2017
Stanford Health Policy’s newest faculty member, Joshua Salomon, believes that one urgent need in global health research is to improve forecasts of the patterns and trends that are behind the major...
Old Events
RIP: Changes in Clinical Practice Among Physicians with Legal Problems with David Studdert
April 3, 2018
Changes in Clinical Practice Among Physicians with Legal ProblemsDavid Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPH with Co-Authors Michelle Mello, PhD, JD & Matthew Spittal, PhDRecent evidence indicates that a...