Quality and Safety
by Straton Mwashighadi | Feb 11, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Background Patient waits have been a long-standing concern in health care. Waits occur throughout the continuum of care and are built into and budgeted for within day-to-day operations. The status quo is changing, however, as patient experience becomes linked...
by Straton Mwashighadi | Feb 6, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction As public health and health care leaders embrace the challenge of improving population health, they can learn much from successful models of health system change at the local, state, and national levels. However, it is essential that they examine...
by Straton Mwashighadi | Jan 8, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Background In the United States, the notion of a continuously learning health care system is gaining traction as a way to advance the objectives of high-quality, patient-centered care at reasonable cost. One activity of a learning health care system is the...
by Straton Mwashighadi | Dec 17, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction “Will I do better if my care is delivered by a team? Will my chance of having a better outcome improve? This is what I value. This is the bottom line.” Jessie Gruman (1953-2014), founder and president of Center for Advancing Health and workgroup...
by Rowena Gono | Dec 8, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Improving the quality of health care requires going beyond the basic standards for health care organizations and formal clinician education. One potential strategy to improve health care quality is credentialing. Credentialing describes specific processes that...
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