As the health care debate rages on, policy-makers and physicians are trying to mend a system that many Americans think is overpriced and underperforming. “There is an urgency to create a health care system of quality care that is both innovative and efficient,” says Jesse Pines, M.D., M.B.A. As director of the newly established Office of Clinical Practice Innovation (OCPI) at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Pines brings this discussion to GW, as he and his team use their expertise in health policy and medicine to face these challenges head-on.
The new office, according to Pines, who holds a dual appointment as a professor of emergency medicine at SMHS and a professor of health policy at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, focuses on two key areas: how medical care is delivered; and how specific products impact clinical care, by improving quality, enhancing value, and reducing costs. Pines’ primary goal is to prepare SMHS to “innovate clinical practice in the context of all the changes that will be rolled out with the Affordable Care Act, and also to help the school become a leader in this field by creating scholarships.”
