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.

Visit time as a framework for reimbursement: time spent with chiropractors and acupuncturists.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Phillips RS, Davis RB, Eisenberg DM, Cherkin DC.
Altern Ther Health Med
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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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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among persons with diabetes mellitus: results of a national survey.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Phillips RS.
Am J Public Health
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Cost effectiveness of aggressive care for patients with nontraumatic coma.
Authors: Authors: Hamel MB, Phillips R, Teno J, Davis RB, Goldman L, Lynn J, Desbiens N, Connors AF, Tsevat J.
Crit Care Med
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Discrepancies between explicit and implicit review: physician and nurse assessments of complications and quality.
Authors: Authors: Weingart SN, Davis RB, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Mukamal K, Phillips RS, Davies DT, Iezzoni LI.
Health Serv Res
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Mentoring in medicine: keys to satisfaction.
Authors: Authors: Ramanan RA, Phillips RS, Davis RB, Silen W, Reede JY.
Am J Med
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Insurance coverage, medical conditions, and visits to alternative medicine providers: results of a national survey.
Authors: Authors: Wolsko PM, Eisenberg DM, Davis RB, Ettner SL, Phillips RS.
Arch Intern Med
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Influence of body weight on patients' satisfaction with ambulatory care.
Authors: Authors: Wee CC, Phillips RS, Cook EF, Haas JS, Puopolo AL, Brennan TA, Burstin HR.
J Gen Intern Med
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Intention to discontinue care among primary care patients: influence of physician behavior and process of care.
Authors: Authors: Federman AD, Cook EF, Phillips RS, Puopolo AL, Haas JS, Brennan TA, Burstin HR.
J Gen Intern Med
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Physician-reviewers' perceptions and judgments about quality of care.
Authors: Authors: Weingart SN, Mukamal K, Davis RB, Davies DT, Palmer RH, Cahalane M, Hamel MB, Phillips RS, Iezzoni LI.
Int J Qual Health Care
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