ARTICLE SUMMARY

Like many other academic medical centers, Brigham & Women’s knows all too well the age-old problem of providing high technology specialty care while simultaneously reining in costs. Their solution? Not just tapping their front-line clinicians for ideas, but also asking them to calculate the expected ROI and pitch their proposals to an advisory board.

Read how Brigham & Women’s transformative program catalyzed understanding and engagement, identified promising ideas, and then implemented and scaled proposals that saved an estimated $4 million in annual medical expenses while decisively improving quality.