Carl Savage
Senior Forskare
E-postadress: carl.savage@ki.se
Telefon: +46852487900
Besöksadress: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17165 Solna
Postadress: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 MMC Savage, 171 77 Stockholm
Om mig
Senior researcher (2016-), research group leader (2012-), at the Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet. Through co-creative collaborations with clinical managers and patients, my research focuses on how to develop innovative ways to improve health care for staff and patients by deepening and broadening our perspectives on quality improvement (including lean & Value-Based Health Care), AI implementation, complexity, medical leadership and change management, health care innovation, medical education, team training, patient safety, costing, reimbursement models, business model thinking, Triple and Quadruple Aim, and project management. I teach (3000+ hrs) at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels.
Artiklar
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES. 2025;4:1454658Reed JE; Antonacci G; Armstrong N; Baker GR; Crowe S; Harenstam KP; Hargreaves D; Jani YH; Provost L; Rejler M; Savage C; Thor J; Williams S; Woodcock T
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2025;25(1):265Lindlof H; Savage C; Harenstam KP; Vicente V
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2024;26:e50527Mazzocato P; Luckhaus JL; Castillo MM; Burnett J; Hager A; Oates G; Wannheden C; Savage C
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS. 2024;187:105447Rafiq M; Mazzocato P; Guttmann C; Spaak J; Savage C
- Article: RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT. 2024;10(1):54Dahlberg M; Luckhaus JL; Hasson H; Jansson H; Lek M; Savage C; Riggare S; Wannheden C
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2024;24(1):408Savage C; Tragl L; Castillo MM; Azizi L; Hasson H; Sundberg CJ; Mazzocato P
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2023;120:23047Savage C; Savage M; Mazzocato P; Pukk Härenstam K
- Article: HEALTH EXPECTATIONS. 2023;26(4):1757-1767Wannheden C; Riggare S; Luckhaus JL; Jansson H; Sjunnestrand M; Stenfors T; Savage C; Reinius M; Hasson H
- Article: BMC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2023;23(1):65Karmelic E; Lindlof H; Luckhaus JL; Castillo MM; Vicente V; Harenstam KP; Savage C
- Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2023;302:346-347What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Information-Driven Care? A Delphi-Study on a DefinitionSiira E; Svedberg P; Savage C; Nygren J
- Article: HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT RESEARCH. 2023;36(2):109-118Tragl L; Savage C; Andreen-Sachs M; Brommels M
- Article: FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES. 2022;2:961475Nilsen P; Reed J; Nair M; Savage C; Macrae C; Barlow J; Svedberg P; Larsson I; Lundgren L; Nygren J
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(1):e053735Reinius M; Mazzocato P; Riggare S; Bylund A; Jansson H; Ovretveit J; Savage C; Wannheden C; Hasson H
- Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2021;282:114145Ramos P; Savage C; Thor J; Atun R; Carlsson KS; Makdisse M; Neto MC; Klajner S; Parini P; Mazzocato P
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;30(3):415-427Schwarz UVT; Nielsen K; Edwards K; Hasson H; Ipsen C; Savage C; Abildgaard JS; Richter A; Lornudd C; Mazzocato P; Reed JE
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2021;21(1):406Wohlin J; Fischer C; Carlsson KS; Korlen S; Mazzocato P; Savage C; Stalberg H; Brommels M
- Journal article: F1000 PRIME REPORTS. 2021;:1314Hazelzet J; Thor J; Andersson Gäre B; Kremer JAM; van Weert N; Savage C; Elwyn G
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(7):e035542Savage M; Savage C; Brommels M; Mazzocato P
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(6):e032573Keel G; Muhammad R; Savage C; Spaak J; Gonzalez I; Lindgren P; Guttmann C; Mazzocato P
- Article: JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTHCARE. 2019;12:1075-1083Rafiq M; Keel G; Mazzocato P; Spaak J; Guttmann C; Lindgren P; Savage C
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2019;19(1):842Storkholm MH; Mazzocato P; Savage C
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE. 2019;31(7):30-36Savage C; Bjessmo S; Borisenko O; Larsson H; Karlsson J; Mazzocato P
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2019;19(1):517Storkholm MH; Savage C; Tessma MK; Salvig JD; Mazzocato P
- Article: WORLD HOSPITALS. 2019;55(2)Antoja G; Ribera J; Savage C
- Journal article: BMJ LEADER. 2018;2(3):95-102Savage M; Storkholm MH; Mazzocato P; Savage C
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2018;13(1):78Storkholm MH; Mazzocato P; Tessma MK; Savage C
- Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES. 2018;57(2):196-222Larsson A; Savage C; Brommels M; Mattsson P
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE. 2017;29(6):853-860Savage C; Gaffney FA; Hussain-Alkhateeb L; Ackheim PO; Henricson G; Antoniadou I; Hedskold M; Harenstam KP
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2017;17(1):98Storkholm MH; Mazzocato P; Savage M; Savage C
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2016;16(1):588Savage C; Parke L; von Knorring M; Mazzocato P
- Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2015;24(7):451-457Fredriksson JJ; Ebbevi D; Savage C
- Article: JOURNAL OF HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. 2014;28(2):266-288Mazzocato P; Thor J; Backman U; Brommels M; Carlsson J; Jonsson F; Hagmar M; Savage C
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. 2013;17(8):1029-1035Wannheden C; Westling K; Savage C; Sandahl C; Ellenius J
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(32-33):1388-1389Tomson T; Tomson G; Savage C
- Article: NURSE EDUCATION TODAY. 2011;31(8):803-808Savage C; Amanalibi S; Andersson A; Lohr SC; Eliasson Z; Eriksson H; Erlandsson A; Goobar S; Holm J; Johansson C; Langendahl E; Lindberg A; Lundin J; Uhrdin A; Schwarz UVT
- Article: JOURNAL OF HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. 2011;25(4):455-468Bergin E; Savage C
- Article: QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE. 2010;19(5):376-382Mazzocato P; Savage C; Brommels M; Aronsson H; Thor J
- Article: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2009;31(11):e500-e506Esmaily HM; Savage C; Vahidi R; Amini A; Dastgiri S; Hult H; Dahlgren LO; Wahlstrom R
- Article: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2008;30(5):501-507Savage C; Brommels M
- Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2008;8:33Esmaily HM; Savage C; Vahidi R; Amini A; Zarrintan MH; Wahlstrom R
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2008;105(20):1457-1458Savage C; Härenstam KP
- Article: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2008;30(1):55-61Bergman D; Savage C; Wahlstrom R; Sandahl C
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Alla övriga publikationer
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2023Mazzocato P; Luckhaus JL; Malmqvist Castillo M; Burnett J; Hager A; Oates G; Wannheden C; Savage C
- Review: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2022;24(10):e40238Sharma M; Savage C; Nair M; Larsson I; Svedberg P; Nygren JM
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2022Sharma M; Savage C; Nair M; Larsson I; Svedberg P; Nygren JM
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2022Rafiq M; Mazzocato P; Guttmann C; Spaak J; Savage C
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022Rafiq M; Mazzocato P; Guttmann C; Spaak J; Savage C
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2021Rafiq M; Mazzocato P; Guttmann C; Spaak J; Savage C
- Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;(38-39)Savage C
- Book chapter: IMPLEMENTING VALUE-BASED HEALTH CARE IN EUROPE: HANDBOOK FOR PIONEERS. 2020;p.Amer-Wåhlin I; Ramos P; Mazzocato P; Ingvar M
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2019Savage M; Savage C; Brommels M; Mazzocato P
- Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116Mazzocato P; Savage C
- Book chapter: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. 2019;p. 228-244Rafiq M; Keel G; Mazzocato P; Spaak J; Savage C; Guttmann C
- Report: SBU BEREDER. 2018Dellve L; Hellström A; Levay C; Savage C
- Review: HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT RESEARCH. 2017;30(4):219-226Fredriksson JJ; Mazzocato P; Muhammed R; Savage C
- Review: HEALTH POLICY. 2017;121(7):755-763Keel G; Savage C; Rafiq M; Mazzocato P
- Report: 2017Physicians' role in the management and leadership of health care: A scoping reviewSavage M; Mazzocato P; Savage C; Brommels M
- Report: 2016Forskningsinriktad uppföljning av förlossningsvården i Stockholm - En multipel fallstudie av organisationsmodeller och förändringar 2013‐2015Mazzocato P; Martin-Löf A; Savage C
Forskningsbidrag
- Europeiska lärande ekosystem för personcentrerad samverkan inom vårdenForte1 January 2026 - 31 December 2027CoCare-projektet tillhandahåller evidensbaserade strategier som främjar ett paradigmskifte inom nära vård med målet att ersätta traditionella, fragmenterade och vårdgivarcentrerade vårdmodeller med skalbara integrerade, personcentrerade och aktörsstärkande vårdekosystem. Inom CoCare identifieras innovativa modeller för integrerad vård i fem europeiska länder och jämföra dessa med användning av en systematisk ekosystemmetodik. De nationella fallstudierna exemplifierar hur metoder för samskapande, personcentrerat fokus och bemyndigade brukare av vård och omsorg samt informella vårdgivare kan bidra till ett mer integrerat och responsivt vårdsystem. I Sverige kommer vi att samarbeta med Region Stockholm och Region Skåne, som båda tillhandahåller heltäckande primär-, sekundär- och tertiärvård med stor närvaro i samhället. Detta ger goda förutsättningar att integrera vård när en patient behöver tjänster från olika vårdnivåer. Avancerad sjukvård i hemmet (Stockholm) och Mobila primärvårdsteam (Skåne) är två exempel på personcentrerad specialiserad vård i hemmet som ges av mobila vårdteam med utnyttjande av avancerad medicinteknik. Fallstudien kommer att genomföras som samskapande forskning med deltagande av vårdteam, patienter och informella vårdgivare. Studien kan därigenom stärka samverkan i vårdkedjan, mobilisera patienter och närstående som aktiva vårdgivare samt stödja införandet av skräddarsydda digitala övervaknings- och kommunikationsverktyg-. Den evidens som studierna på mikrosystemnivå genererar syntetiseras i ett ramverk för europeiska Cocare-lärandemiljöer som beaktar dessas komplexitet. Ramverket stödjer spridning och uppskalning av integrerade personcentrerade vårdsystem i olika miljöer. Ramverket kommer att omfatta policyrekommendationer, riktlinjer för god vård och strategier för att övervinna utmaningarna med storskalig implementering. Ramverket kommer också att främja gränsöverskridande samarbete och utveckling av gemensamma standarder för europeiska länder. Projektet syftar till att främja en kultur av samskapande och samlärande inom de europeiska vårdsekosystemen. Genom en serie deltagarbaserade workshops, konferenser och andra dialogbaserade aktiviteter främjas samarbete och kunskapsutbyte mellan vårdgivare, beslutsfattare, forskare, civilsamhället och brukare av tjänster. CoCare kommer att engagera beslutsfattare, chefer och andra nyckelpersoner för att formulera forskningsresultaten som konkreta policyåtgärder som svarar mot utmaningarna med att sprida och skala upp Cocare-ekosystem, och identifiera behovet av regulatoriska reformer, förändringar i finansieringsmodeller samt utveckling av ny infrastruktur och teknik för att stödja integrerad vård. Projektet förväntas ha en betydande inverkan på framtidens vård och omsorg i Europa genom att främja antagandet av integrerade, personcentrerade Cocare-lärandemiljöer. De förväntas förbättra hälsoutfall, resurseffektivitet och bidra till ett mer rättvist och tillgängligt vårdsystem. Projektet kommer att stärka civilsamhällets och centrala aktörers roll i att tillhandahålla stöd och tjänster till behövande individer och familjer. Det kommer att främja ett mer hållbart och motståndskraftigt vårdsystem genom ett bättre samarbete mellan intressenter, effektivare resursanvändning och därigenom tackla utmaningarna med en åldrande befolkning och en ökande börda av kroniska sjukdomar.
- New Models to Deliver Healthcare (NMDH)European Institute of Innovation and Technology1 September 2024 - 31 December 2025HVCEdu consortium includes all members of the value chain from patients and caregivers to industry, including healthcare prevention & deliver, and academy & research organizations (AQuAS, EAVBHC, DSPC, KI, UniHa, HUVH, ULS, Borås University, UPV, Medtronic, and Air Liquids) with a recognized knowledge in education and implementation of new models of delivering health care (NMDH). Our vision is to create a comprehensive and personalized program of new models of independent modules aligning with the EIT Health implementation matrix focusing on integrated, preventive, personalized, value(s)-driven, and sustainable health care. HVCEdu will bridge the gap between theory and practice to develop actionable knowledge to facilitate the implementation and adoption of NMDH tailored to the diverse European (EU) health contexts. Together with EIT Health, we can educate a broad number of stakeholders with the necessary skills for implementing and adopting high value care to transform EU healthcare systems.
- APOLLO2028: Improving mental health, wellbeing, and resilience of healthcare workers in Changing EnvironmentsHORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-021 January 2024The overall objective of the APOLLO2028 project is to provide health and care workers, organisations, and healthcare system funders and policy makers with research-backed innovative solutions to help improve mental health, wellbeing, and capacity to be more resilient to changing environments (especially daily pressures and extreme events) at the workplace. The originality of the project is to consider resilience in health care in a holistic approach to build individual, team and organizational capabilities to face the next extreme events and daily pressures. Therefore, we will study individual factors affecting resilience, group factors, organizational factors, and develop a model involving all types of factors. This model will serve as a basis for the production of guidelines to be disseminated to health and care workers, their managers, as well as policy makers and health systems funders. We will also develop an AI-based system to support in the identification of stress factors and recommend actions. We will involve all the stakeholders in a co-design work to finalise our solutions. We will also review the cost effectiveness of our solutions. The main impact of our project will be a reduction of stress factors at the workplace, and an improvement of resilience of all the health and care workers. We will ensure our solutions are disseminated to all EU member states and adapted to the specifics of each of their health care systems.
- Apollo 2028 – EU Horizon Europe Grant1 January 2024The overall objective of the APOLLO 2028 project is to provide health and care workers, organisations, and healthcare system funders and policy makers with research-backed innovative solutions to help improve mental health, wellbeing, and capacity to be more resilient to changing environments (especially daily pressures and extreme events) at the workplace.
- Reimagining Health and Care: A service design experiment to foster co-creation of person and public health valueLorentz Center12 June 2023 - 16 June 2023
- Validation and Implementation of a Predictive Analytics Model to reduce hospital readmissions in chronic careVINNOVA1 January 2020 - 1 January 2021
- Validering och implemementering av en prediktiv analysmodell för att reducera återinläggningar på sjukhus vid kronisk sjukdomRegion Stockholm Innovationsfond1 January 2020 - 1 January 2021
- Advanced Health Care Management - hybrid and case teachingKarolinska Institutet Pedagogical Project Grant1 January 2020 - 31 December 2021
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2018 - 30 November 2024
- Integrerad vård vid multisjuklighet hos äldre: HND-centrum en mottagning för patienter med samtidig hjärtsjukdom, njursvikt och diabetesKamprad Family Foundation1 January 2018 - 1 January 2020
- InnoLead@KarolinskaVINNOVA1 January 2018 - 1 January 2020
- Hospital-at-home: A pilot project for care of acutely sick patients in the homeInnovationsfonden, SLL1 January 2016 - 1 January 2017
- Business models in birthing careStockholm County Council1 January 2015 - 1 January 2016
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2014 - 30 November 2017
- Innovation-driven reimbursement models in primary careVINNOVA1 January 2014 - 1 January 2016
- Sjukvårds- och näringslivsmanagement för blivande läkareTorsten Söderbergs Stiftelse1 January 2010 - 1 January 2011
- A platform for learning about patient safety: The foundations for a positive spiralVinnvård1 January 2008 - 1 January 2013
Anställningar
- Senior Forskare, Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
- Forskare, Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2022
Examina och utbildning
- Medicine Doktorsexamen, Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik, Karolinska Institutet, 2011
Handledning
Handledning till doktorsexamen
- Nikhil Gupta, Title: A Strategic Framework for Patient Safety: Leveraging Systems Thinking and Safety Intelligence, 2028
- Henrik Lindlöf, Site Independent Management in Prehospital Emergency Care, 2026
- Pedro Ramos, The adoption, adaptation, and abandonment of Value-Based Health Care, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/The_adoption_adaptation_and_abandonment_of_value-based_health_care/26902972?file=48945334, 2023
- Jens Jacob Fredriksson, Disrupting Hospitals: Business Model Transformation within Academic Medicine, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/How_can_health_care_organizations_create_value_Business_model_explorations/26905861?file=48948835, 2018
- Marie Storkholm, Innovating Inside the Box: How contextual constraints can contribute to the innovation of health care processes, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Innovation_inside_the_box_how_contextual_constraints_can_contribute_to_improvement_in_health_care/26902978?file=48945343, 2018
- Anthony Larsson, Too Big to Fail? – A Case Study of the Rise and Fall of a Large-Scale Life-Science Research Infrastructure, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Too_big_to_fail_A_case_study_of_the_rise_and_fall_of_a_medical_research_infrastructure/26908384?file=48950899, 2018
- George Keel, Counting what counts: Time-driven activity-based costing in health care, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Counting_what_counts_time-driven_activity-based_costing_in_health_care/26912272?file=48956269, 2020
- Muhammad Rafiq, Eliminating guesswork : an exploration of the role of predictive modelling in care management for patients with multimorbidities, https://openarchive.ki.se/articles/thesis/Eliminating_guesswork_an_exploration_of_the_role_of_predictive_modelling_in_care_management_for_patients_with_multimorbidities/26922592?file=48968074, 2022
Uppdrag i kommitté
- Medlem, Delegationen för medicinsk kvalitet, Swedish Society of Medicine, 2018-2021
