Lown Hospital Index

Southwestern Vermont Health Care's Medical Matters Weekly

Season 1 | Episode 30 | September 8, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts Vikas Saini, MD, the president of the Lown Institute. They will discuss the Lown Hospitals index, launched in July 2020, which evaluates hospitals on equity, value, and outcomes, and includes never-before-used metrics such as avoiding overuse, pay equity, and racial inclusivity.
Dr. Saini is a clinical cardiologist trained by Dr. Bernard Lown at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University, where he has taught and done research. Dr. Saini leads the Institute’s signature project, the Lown Institute Hospitals Index, the first ranking to measure hospital social responsibility.
In his role at the Lown Institute, Dr. Saini led the development of the Right Care series of papers published by The Lancet in 2017; convened six national conferences annually featuring world-renowned leaders in health care; and guided other Lown Institute projects such as the “Shkreli Awards.” Dr. Saini is also co-chair of the Right Care Alliance, a grassroots network of clinicians, patient activists, and community leaders organizing to put patients, not profits, at the heart of health care. He has practiced cardiology with the Lown Cardiovascular Group at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and, before joining the Lown Institute, was in private practice in community cardiology for 15 years on Cape Cod. There he also founded Cape Physicians LLC, a primary care network managing global care with financial risk. Early in his career, he was scientific co-founder of Aspect Medical Systems, the pioneer and continued market leader in consciousness monitoring in the operating room using the BIS monitor.
Underwriter: Mack Molding

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Underwriter: Mack Molding