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Apple PodcastsHealthcare productivity is a puzzle. Answers often focus on cost-cutting or adopting technology as quick wins. They miss the larger question: what does productivity in healthcare mean?
Grace Hampson is joined by Anita Charlesworth, co-chair of the Health Foundation’s NHS Productivity Commission and Helen Hayes, Principal Economist at the Office of Health Economics to explore how to measure healthcare productivity, what a productive healthcare system can look like, and what’s holding us back so far.
They’ll discuss:
- Defining healthcare productivity and why measuring activity isn’t the same as measuring outcomes
- Systemic barriers holding us back
- The role of technology and innovation in unlocking productivity gains
- Lessons in productivity from health systems around the world
A Dose of Economics is Grace and the Office of Health Economics (OHE) team thinking out loud — debating the questions that matter most in healthcare policy, resource allocation, and health system decision-making, with the experts doing the work at the highest level. New episodes drop every Tuesday.
