Russell Scott Phillips

Russell Scott Phillips, M.D.

William Applebaum Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School

Russell S. Phillips, M.D., is director of the Center for Primary Care and the William Applebaum Professor of Medicine and professor of Global Health and Social Medicine. He is a devoted primary care general internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) where he cares for more than 250 patients, many of whom he has known for more than 20 years. Within the Center, he leads programs that are transforming education and care systems, developing entirely new approaches to improving primary care and health, and performing research on high performing health systems and practices. He is also researching the impact of changes in payment and primary care practice structure on the finances of primary care practices. He is principal investigator of an AHRQ-funded R18 grant to use system engineering to close the loop on referrals, test results and symptom follow-up in primary care practices, and is principal investigator of a HRSA-funded grant to improve systems in primary care in behavioral health integration, oral health integration, and use of community health workers to address social determinants of care.

At BIDMC, he co-led a task force to improve transitions in care, co-led a working group to develop new sustainable practice models for primary care, and led efforts to develop strategies for care management for high-risk patients to address the triple aim of improved patient experience, population health, and cost reduction.

Dr. Phillips seeks to integrate lessons from global health into innovations for advancing primary care. For more information, see his webpage.

Dr. Phillips’ research focuses on quality of care and patient safety, disparities in care, and innovations to improve quality and value in health care. He uses the methods of clinical epidemiology, health services research, and qualitative research and work collaboratively with research teams that often include health economists, statisticians, and health service researchers.

Hospitalization of hospice patients with cancer.
Authors: Authors: Cintron A, Hamel MB, Davis RB, Burns RB, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP.
J Palliat Med
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Diagnosis and management of adults with pharyngitis. A cost-effectiveness analysis.
Authors: Authors: Neuner JM, Hamel MB, Phillips RS, Bona K, Aronson MD.
Ann Intern Med
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Older Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders dying of cancer use hospice less frequently than older white patients.
Authors: Authors: Ngo-Metzger Q, McCarthy EP, Burns RB, Davis RB, Li FP, Phillips RS.
Am J Med
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Length of stay in home care before and after the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
Authors: Authors: Murkofsky RL, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP, Davis RB, Hamel MB.
JAMA
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Physician counseling on hormone replacement therapy and bone loss: do socioeconomic and racial characteristics of women influence counseling?
Authors: Authors: Neuner JM, McCarthy EP, Davis RB, Phillips RS.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
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Hospice use among Medicare managed care and fee-for-service patients dying with cancer.
Authors: Authors: McCarthy EP, Burns RB, Ngo-Metzger Q, Davis RB, Phillips RS.
JAMA
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Systematic review of herbs and dietary supplements for glycemic control in diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Eisenberg DM, Kaptchuk TJ, Phillips RS.
Diabetes Care
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Barriers to hospice care among older patients dying with lung and colorectal cancer.
Authors: Authors: McCarthy EP, Burns RB, Davis RB, Phillips RS.
J Clin Oncol
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Patterns and perceptions of care for treatment of back and neck pain: results of a national survey.
Authors: Authors: Wolsko PM, Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Kessler R, Phillips RS.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
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Linguistic and cultural barriers to care.
Authors: Authors: Ngo-Metzger Q, Massagli MP, Clarridge BR, Manocchia M, Davis RB, Iezzoni LI, Phillips RS.
J Gen Intern Med
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