Podcast 121: Value Creation in Health Care with Dr. Bill Weeks
Episode Summary
This week, John sits down with his former Dartmouth professor, Dr. Bill Weeks, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Health and well-known expert in health care value creation. Dr. Weeks discusses Microsoft’s focus on the endgame to overall improve health care value with the underlying goal of uncovering successful patient pathways. John and Dr. Weeks also discuss the logistics behind drug pricing from both consumer and pharma perspectives, while identifying the misalignment between incentives and the quadruple aim in health care today.
Episode Notes
William B. Weeks, MD, PhD, MBA, is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Healthcare NExT. Dr. Weeks has published a book and over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts examining economic and business aspects of health care services utilization and delivery, physicians’ return on educational investment, health care delivery science, and healthcare value. Dr. Weeks has been honored with the 2009 National Rural Health Association Outstanding Researcher Award, the 2016 Jerome F McAndrews award for excellence in research from the National Chiropractic Medical Insurance Corporation Group, and the 2016 Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair at Aix-Marseille University.
Dr. Weeks’ research that has been funded by CMMI, NIH, the Commonwealth Fund, the National Chiropractic Medical Insurance Corporation Group, the VA, AHRQ, and Bupa.
John Marchica, CEO, Darwin Research Group
John Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and CEO of Darwin Research Group, a health care market intelligence firm specializing in health care delivery systems. He’s a two-time health care entrepreneur, and his first company, FaxWatch, was listed twice on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing American companies. John is the author of The Accountable Organization and has advised senior management on strategy and organizational change for more than a decade.
John did his undergraduate work in economics at Knox College, has an MBA and M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and completed his Ph.D. coursework at The Dartmouth Institute. He is a faculty associate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
About Darwin Research Group
Darwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin’s client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.
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