December 2010 PMID 21142528

What is value in health care?

Michael E Porter

Mentions

65
Peak: 7 in Jan 2021
across 5 sources since Jun 2012

Extended reach

148,267
potential audience

Total likes

78

Video views

393

Mentions per month

Jun 2012 – Jan 2025

Where it's discussed

  • X / Twitter38 posts
  • News19 articles
  • Blogs4 articles
  • YouTube3 videos
  • Reddit1 posts

AI synopsis

What people are saying

The collected discussions reflect a widespread appreciation of Porter’s conceptualization of value as outcomes divided by costs, with users referencing specific articles and frameworks to support their initiatives. Words like 'framework,' 'derived,' and 'must read' indicate both respect and active application of these ideas, emphasizing their potential to shape healthcare strategies and quality improvement at multiple levels.

AgreementModerate agreement

The majority of discussions recognize and support the importance of Porter’s framework for understanding value in health care, showing general consensus on the article’s significance.

InterestHigh interest

Posts demonstrate high engagement and curiosity, referencing the foundational NEJM article and related concepts, indicating strong interest.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many posts directly cite Porter and discuss their own applications, such as designing interventions and local stewardship efforts, reflecting deep engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

Discussions suggest that the article influences professional practices and strategic planning, though the impact seems more influential within certain healthcare circles than widespread policy change.

Abstract in brief

  • Value in health care refers to the balance between the quality of care provided and the costs associated with delivering that care, aiming to maximize patient outcomes efficiently.
  • It emphasizes improving health outcomes and patient satisfaction while reducing unnecessary expenses and waste.
  • Ultimately, the goal is to deliver high-value care that benefits patients and the healthcare system as a whole.

Top posts

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Keita Masui
@keita_masui · X

@yagiyagi0419 横から失礼します。原著が一番だと思いますがポーターを読むための『ポーターを読む』があります 医療関係だと『医療戦略の本質』はお勧めです 経済学者ながらNEJMに登場「What Is Value in Health Care?」を読むと #HealthTech の投資動向理解の一助になるかもしれません https://t.co/WPD8d7G9mW

Aug 7, 2021 · 14 likes · 2 shares · 4,325 followers View post →
MiZUE.S
@andante005 · X

あとで読む アウトカム指標のセット(eating disorderは in progress) https://t.co/KKhmwIv2Jz 患者報告アウトカム(PRO) https://t.co/DkcjWhuxgS #臨床研究はじめの一歩

Jan 16, 2021 · 14 likes · 2,064 followers View post →
Keita Masui
@keita_masui · X

@yusuke_tsugawa 先生のセミナーにあったマイケルポーターのヘルスケアにおける「Value」に関するNEJMの考察です。 What Is Value in Health Care? / Michael E. Porter, Ph.D. https://t.co/qeKuS8D77T | @NEJM https://t.co/emtMEEe2es

Jan 26, 2021 · 8 likes · 1 share · 4,325 followers View post →
木村 大輔/Daisuke Kimura
@Dice_Kimura · X

著名な経済学者マイケル・ポーターのNew England Journal of Medicineの記事 とても面白い。患者中心の思想とそのアウトカム。部門ではなくユニットで効果を検証するという発想。質が良い医療とはガイドラインベースという淡白なとらえ方。これ、CDSSsとICFと相性抜群だな。https://t.co/s8yWoa8vQb

Jan 6, 2021 · 5 likes · 310 followers View post →
sakoda
@sakoda091 · X

読んでみよう。 https://t.co/2YiFthoIlr #臨床研究はじめの一歩

Jan 16, 2021 · 4 likes · 1,096 followers View post →
Saurabh Jha
@RogueRad · X

@MarkGraban @CancerGeek @nkagetsu @TirathPatelMD @chrissyfarr @lipiroy @sethmhardy @jennybencardino @DrGMcGinty @ESchattner @MDaware @Neoavatara @andykmoriarity @NULall @RichDuszak @DarelHeitkamp Healthcare swallowed Porter uncritically https://t.co/yT7widfQto

Apr 26, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 15,616 followers View post →

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@OpenMindPolitic · X

@SpoonerHIT You are mixing up Managed Care and Value Based Care old man. Shows that you know nothing about VBC, which was initially introduced by Porter in early 2010s… https://t.co/84FO4Bf7hz

Dec 14, 2023 · 161 followers View post →
Farhood Farjah
@FarhoodFarjah · X

This work was inspired by @MichaelEPorter ‘s conceptualization of health care value https://t.co/EVlFYpQM8v Our work in lab stewardship and @JVelottaMD ‘s team’s work in imaging stewardship are examples of local, surgeon-led value optimization efforts https://t.co/EQndTdEa2I

Jun 14, 2023 · 3 likes · 809 followers View post →
Joost Stultiens
@Buchters · X

Shift volume to value! Porter, NEJM: “Since value depends on results, not inputs, value in health care is measured by the outcomes achieved, not the volume of services delivered” https://t.co/fsPAmZQUV0

Feb 12, 2023 · 376 followers View post →
Geronimo Bejarano
@gero5 · X

@homomediocritus @AdamMeakins It’s important to acknowledge performance based pay is NOT value based pay. Some thing that Porter and Teisberg made clear in ~2001 in their book introducing value based care and have reiterated since then https://t.co/tVp5DJbZz7

May 7, 2022 · 1,515 followers View post →
Farhood Farjah
@FarhoodFarjah · X

A short read on value in health care by @MichaelEPorter Have used this article as a framework to talk about value and to design interventions within our Division (#labstewardship) https://t.co/36OVNsHrWu https://t.co/2TMZHaGNTj

Apr 4, 2022 · 3 likes · 809 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Activity & Mobility Promotion (AMP)
@HopkinsAMP · X

As @mkfrdmn discussed, the Porter article: What is Value? https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB #everyBODYmoves #ICURehab

Nov 6, 2021 · 1 like · 3,768 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Activity & Mobility Promotion (AMP)
@HopkinsAMP · X

Understanding Value in Health Care. #everyBODYmoves #ICURehab https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Nov 4, 2021 · 3,768 followers View post →
柳下裕紀 | Yuki Yagishita
@yagiyagi0419 · X

RT @keita_masui: @yagiyagi0419 横から失礼します。原著が一番だと思いますがポーターを読むための『ポーターを読む』があります 医療関係だと『医療戦略の本質』はお勧めです 経済学者ながらNEJMに登場「What Is Value in Health…

Aug 8, 2021 · 2 shares · 18,473 followers View post →
Keita Masui
@keita_masui · X

@yagiyagi0419 横から失礼します。原著が一番だと思いますがポーターを読むための『ポーターを読む』があります 医療関係だと『医療戦略の本質』はお勧めです 経済学者ながらNEJMに登場「What Is Value in Health Care?」を読むと #HealthTech の投資動向理解の一助になるかもしれません https://t.co/WPD8d7G9mW

Aug 7, 2021 · 14 likes · 2 shares · 4,325 followers View post →
Xavier Viñolas
@xaviervinolas · X

NO hay que buscar revistas de economia! Está en un New England!! https://t.co/5rVt8DwkiL https://t.co/sx9aIAPSvi

May 19, 2021 · 907 followers View post →
Hajime Sato
@hajime_sato1 · X

RT @keita_masui: @yusuke_tsugawa 先生のセミナーにあったマイケルポーターのヘルスケアにおける「Value」に関するNEJMの考察です。 What Is Value in Health Care? / Michael E. Porter, Ph.D…

Jan 26, 2021 · 1 share · 3,286 followers View post →
Keita Masui
@keita_masui · X

@yusuke_tsugawa 先生のセミナーにあったマイケルポーターのヘルスケアにおける「Value」に関するNEJMの考察です。 What Is Value in Health Care? / Michael E. Porter, Ph.D. https://t.co/qeKuS8D77T | @NEJM https://t.co/emtMEEe2es

Jan 26, 2021 · 8 likes · 1 share · 4,325 followers View post →
MiZUE.S
@andante005 · X

あとで読む アウトカム指標のセット(eating disorderは in progress) https://t.co/KKhmwIv2Jz 患者報告アウトカム(PRO) https://t.co/DkcjWhuxgS #臨床研究はじめの一歩

Jan 16, 2021 · 14 likes · 2,064 followers View post →
sakoda
@sakoda091 · X

読んでみよう。 https://t.co/2YiFthoIlr #臨床研究はじめの一歩

Jan 16, 2021 · 4 likes · 1,096 followers View post →
sakoda
@sakoda091 · X

https://t.co/2YiFthoIlr

Jan 6, 2021 · 1,096 followers View post →
木村 大輔/Daisuke Kimura
@Dice_Kimura · X

著名な経済学者マイケル・ポーターのNew England Journal of Medicineの記事 とても面白い。患者中心の思想とそのアウトカム。部門ではなくユニットで効果を検証するという発想。質が良い医療とはガイドラインベースという淡白なとらえ方。これ、CDSSsとICFと相性抜群だな。https://t.co/s8yWoa8vQb

Jan 6, 2021 · 5 likes · 310 followers View post →
Marianella
@marianellachc · X

What Is Value in #HealthCare? | NEJM https://t.co/7RPAyKU87U

Nov 14, 2020 · 1,411 followers View post →
Darren Mazzei, PhD
@DarrenMazzei · X

@DrAmirPakdel From my thread ➡️ The goal of health care is to improve health. Cost-containment w/out considering health outcomes is short sighted. Here's a defintion of value being used in health care: https://t.co/cs0htYy9zM

Oct 21, 2020 · 514 followers View post →
Darren Mazzei, PhD
@DarrenMazzei · X

The health policy literature focuses on finding solutions to maximize health. Modern health systems are incorporating the ideas of value-based health care which attempt to improve value for money. Value = health outcomes / dollars https://t.co/cs0htYy9zM 2/n

Oct 20, 2020 · 2 likes · 514 followers View post →
Annette McKinnon
@anetto · X

You published this article in 2010 @NEJM What is value in health care? Porter ME.N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 23;363(26):2477-81. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1011024 How long do patients have to wait to read this article that underlies #VBHC? #OA #KnowledgeDemocracy

Mar 4, 2020 · 10,513 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Activity & Mobility Promotion (AMP)
@HopkinsAMP · X

What is value in health care? by Porter from @mkfrdmn https://t.co/9hwRekrS5w #everyBODYmoves #icurehab

Oct 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 3,768 followers View post →
ChrisAlterio
@ChrisAlterio · X

RT @ChrisAlterio: Don't allow insurers to define the 'value' of OT. They define 'value' as outcomes per dollar spent. #AOTA15 http://t.co/…

Oct 4, 2019 · 1 share · 1,033 followers View post →
Michael Mindrum, MD
@MichaelMindrum · X

RT @janvyjidak: @MichaelMindrum The framework perfectly laid down by Michael Porter and his “value based healthcare” where value = outcomes…

Sep 10, 2019 · 1 share · 10,087 followers View post →
Jan Vyjidak
@janvyjidak · X

@MichaelMindrum The framework perfectly laid down by Michael Porter and his “value based healthcare” where value = outcomes/cost. Porter (2010) https://t.co/6yzBvau08q https://t.co/y9TsJabSXJ

Sep 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,140 followers View post →
John Corsino
@Mvmnt_Is_Med · X

@MichaelEPorter Value in Healthcare https://t.co/xglOUb9u3n @DrDaleNeedham Improving the Quality of QI https://t.co/SwdV57WEDr 5/

Aug 5, 2019 · 836 followers View post →
Courtney Dube
@CourtneyDubePT · X

RT @HopkinsAMP: What Is Value in Health Care? | NEJM Another must read to get executive buy-in to combat #hospital immobility https://t.co…

Jul 10, 2019 · 1 share · 40 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Activity & Mobility Promotion (AMP)
@HopkinsAMP · X

What Is Value in Health Care? | NEJM Another must read to get executive buy-in to combat #hospital immobility https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Jul 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 3,768 followers View post →
Seth M Hardy, MD MBA
@sethmhardy · X

RT @RogueRad: @MarkGraban @CancerGeek @nkagetsu @TirathPatelMD @chrissyfarr @lipiroy @sethmhardy @jennybencardino @DrGMcGinty @ESchattner @…

Apr 26, 2019 · 1 share · 1,612 followers View post →
Saurabh Jha
@RogueRad · X

@MarkGraban @CancerGeek @nkagetsu @TirathPatelMD @chrissyfarr @lipiroy @sethmhardy @jennybencardino @DrGMcGinty @ESchattner @MDaware @Neoavatara @andykmoriarity @NULall @RichDuszak @DarelHeitkamp Healthcare swallowed Porter uncritically https://t.co/yT7widfQto

Apr 26, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 15,616 followers View post →
St George's anaesthetic department
@StGgas · X

When deciding what to include in our get Set 4 Surgery session, we thought about 'value'- what was best value for their time, from our patients' perspective. See Porter's seminal paper on value in healthcare here: https://t.co/t9pfzV1BO4

Apr 24, 2019 · 2 likes · 4,018 followers View post →
ImproveLTO
@improvelto · X

RT @HopkinsAMP: ⁦@ajette1⁩ starts principles of outcome measurement with What Is Value in Health Care? #HopkinsAMP https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Mar 11, 2019 · 3 shares · 1,117 followers View post →
Hopkins ICU Rehab
@icurehab · X

RT @HopkinsAMP: ⁦@ajette1⁩ starts principles of outcome measurement with What Is Value in Health Care? #HopkinsAMP https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Mar 11, 2019 · 3 shares · 11,994 followers View post →
Dale Needham, MD, PhD
@DrDaleNeedham · X

RT @HopkinsAMP: ⁦@ajette1⁩ starts principles of outcome measurement with What Is Value in Health Care? #HopkinsAMP https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Mar 11, 2019 · 3 shares · 11,578 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Activity & Mobility Promotion (AMP)
@HopkinsAMP · X

⁦@ajette1⁩ starts principles of outcome measurement with What Is Value in Health Care? #HopkinsAMP https://t.co/ZYatIffjdB

Mar 11, 2019 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 3,768 followers View post →
Javed Alloo
@javedalloo · X

What is value in #HealthCare? A perspective in @NEJM https://t.co/6dTndPdISw

Mar 7, 2019 · 1,938 followers View post →
Kyle Ridgeway
@Dr_Ridge_DPT · X

RT @mkfrdmn: If you haven’t read this one essential to establishing your vision for developing QI-Research strategy with #PTresidents and #…

Jan 24, 2019 · 2 shares · 10,066 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Pediatric Rehab
@JHCCPedsRehab · X

RT @mkfrdmn: If you haven’t read this one essential to establishing your vision for developing QI-Research strategy with #PTresidents and #…

Jan 24, 2019 · 2 shares · 166 followers View post →
Michael Friedman, PT, MBA
@mkfrdmn · X

If you haven’t read this one essential to establishing your vision for developing QI-Research strategy with #PTresidents and #dptstudents #APTACSM https://t.co/QqEYn80dfY

Jan 24, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,986 followers View post →
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