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.

Herbal and dietary supplement disclosure to health care providers by individuals with chronic conditions.
Authors: Authors: Mehta DH, Gardiner PM, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP.
J Altern Complement Med
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Characteristics of yoga users: results of a national survey.
Authors: Authors: Birdee GS, Legedza AT, Saper RB, Bertisch SM, Eisenberg DM, Phillips RS.
J Gen Intern Med
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Lead, mercury, and arsenic in US- and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines sold via the Internet.
Authors: Authors: Saper RB, Phillips RS, Sehgal A, Khouri N, Davis RB, Paquin J, Thuppil V, Kales SN.
JAMA
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Enhancement of sleep stability with Tai Chi exercise in chronic heart failure: preliminary findings using an ECG-based spectrogram method.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Mietus JE, Peng CK, Phillips RS, Davis RB, Wayne PM, Goldberger AL, Thomas RJ.
Sleep Med
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Doctor training and practice of acupuncture: results of a survey.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Ryan MA, Phillips RS, Audette JF.
J Eval Clin Pract
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Dietary supplements: inpatient policies in US children's hospitals.
Authors: Authors: Gardiner P, Phillips RS, Kemper KJ, Legedza A, Henlon S, Woolf AD.
Pediatrics
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Factors and common conditions associated with adolescent dietary supplement use: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
Authors: Authors: Gardiner P, Buettner C, Davis RB, Phillips RS, Kemper KJ.
BMC Complement Altern Med
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Medication safety messages for patients via the web portal: the MedCheck intervention.
Authors: Authors: Weingart SN, Hamrick HE, Tutkus S, Carbo A, Sands DZ, Tess A, Davis RB, Bates DW, Phillips RS.
Int J Med Inform
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Beliefs, motivations, and opinions about moderate drinking: a cross-sectional survey.
Authors: Authors: Mukamal KJ, Phillips RS, Mittleman MA.
Fam Med
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Do medical inpatients who report poor service quality experience more adverse events and medical errors?
Authors: Authors: Taylor BB, Marcantonio ER, Pagovich O, Carbo A, Bergmann M, Davis RB, Bates DW, Phillips RS, Weingart SN.
Med Care
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