Contact email

lisa_rotenstein@hms.harvard.edu

Overview

The team developed the Brigham Care Redesign Incubator and Startup Program (BCRISP), a flexible model to test, evaluate, and scale innovative care redesign proposals and evaluated its impact. They find that BCRISP enabled front-line clinical employees to design and pilot solutions to clinical problems while delivering financial return and improvements in care delivery.

Department

Medicine

Division

General Internal Medicine

Collaborators

Lisa S. Rotenstein, MD, MBA
Paige Wickner, MD, MPH
Lauren Hauser, BS
Melissa Littlefield, MBA
Sarah Abbett, MD, MPH
Jessica Desrosiers, MPH
David W. Bates, MD, MSc
Jessica Dudley, MD
Karl R. Laskowski, MD, MBA

Status/Stage of Development

Ongoing program

Measurement

Analysis of programmatic and financial data and individual project outcomes

Results

-In 5 years, BCRISP evaluated 283 innovations, piloted 25 projects, reduced medical expenses by $1.8 million, and increased net hospital revenue by $7.1 million
-Proposed and supported innovation in the program has slowed in associated with slow in shift to risk-based reimbursement

Major Project Needs

• None

Practice Setting

Academic Medical Center

Sources

1. Rotenstein LS, Wickner P, Hauser L, et al. An Academic Medical Center-Based Incubator to Promote Clinical Innovation and Financial Value. Jt Comm J Qual patient Saf. 2019;45(4):259-267. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.12.004