Empowering the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders.

Douglas Spivak
Administrative Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital 

06/09/2021

Reading for the Course

The Value-Based Healthcare Delivery course is a great opportunity to learn, discuss, and acquire the knowledge and tools to drive change toward innovative value-based care in our healthcare industry. Not only is this HBS course taught by world-renowned faculty, but the case readings are brought to life when the case protagonist joins the discussion to provide their first-account insight and answer questions from the class. The cases are relevant, recent, and inspiring as the faculty often worked closely with the protagonists to plan, measure, and improve value-based care. This course is so important for young professionals in healthcare because we know this is the future direction of our industry and we have the power influence change together as we progress in our careers. This course allowed me to question the very makeup of our current healthcare system and challenge the realities of our care models, costs, and reimbursement structures.

As an Administrative Fellow, I felt empowered leaving this course to seek opportunities to lead TDABC initiatives in future administrative and leadership roles. I am still surprised by the notion that we as a healthcare industry do not comprehensively know our actual costs. I now view healthcare costs and finance in an entirely new lens. Additionally, this class is a great way to step outside of work mode and focus on learning through insightful discussion with colleagues in different corners of our health system. For me personally, this was a great opportunity to connect with young physician careerists, understand each other’s perspectives, and put our minds together to discuss these emerging trends in healthcare. I realized that our clinical and administrative backgrounds have real opportunity to learn from each other, to collaborate, and to passionately drive the future of value-based care. Ultimately, I encourage future clinical and administrative colleagues to take this course, continue to seek learning opportunities, and work together to drive value.