Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally
The United States health care system is the most expensive in the world, but this report and prior editions consistently show the U.S. underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of performance. Among the 11 nations studied in this report - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States - the U.S. ranks last, as it did in the 2010, 2007, 2006, and 2004 editions of Mirror, Mirror. Most troubling, the U.S.
Shared Leadership- A New Approach to Patient Care
A team approach to patient education was utilized in a 3 1/2 year experimental program in a 500-bed commnunity teaching hospital. This paper relates the problems inherent in an interdisciplinary team which uses a shared leadership approach and its relationship to the larger organization, the hospital. It described the impact the team had on its members and on the patients and discusses the implications for others who are contemplating using teams.
This paper is part of the collected papers of DeWitt C. "Bud" Baldwin.
2015 National Impact Assessment of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measures Report
The 2015 National Impact Assessment of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measures Report (2015 Impact Report) is a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of the measures used in CMS quality reporting programs on achieving the goals of providing high quality, affordable healthcare to CMS beneficiaries. The 2015 Impact Report represents an assessment of 25 CMS reporting programs, using data from 2006 to 2013.
Practical Steps to Address IPECP Implementation Challenges: The Loyola Experience
In this webinar, Dr. Fran Vlasses and Dr. Aaron Michelfelder presented the challenges and rewards of a HRSA-funded project to transform clinical practice into an interprofessional model at Loyola University Chicago.
Objectives for the webinar:
Open Session for Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: A Consensus Study- Presentation: Team Training and Patient Outcomes
On October 7, 2014, an IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence.
In this presentation, Shirley Sonesh and Eduardo Salas from the University of Central Florida's Department of Psychology and Instute for Simulation Training discuss the impact of team training on patient outcomes.
Open Session for Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: A Consensus Study- Presentation: Patient-Aligned Care Teams in the Veterans Health Administration
On October 7, 2014, an IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence.
In this presentation, Stephan Fihn, Director of the Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence at the Veterans Health Administration, discusses patient-aligned care teams in the Veterans Health Administration and the assessment of effectiveness of PACT implementation.
HEDIS- Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HEDIS is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. Because so many plans collect HEDIS data, and because the measures are so specifically defined, HEDIS makes it possible to compare the performance of health plans. Health plans also use HEDIS results themselves to see where they need to focus their improvement efforts.
Open Session for Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: A Consensus Study
An IOM committee examined the methods needed to measure the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) on collaborative practice, patient outcomes or both, as determined by the available evidence. Considerable research on IPE has focused on assessing student learning, but only recently have researchers begun looking beyond the classroom for impacts of IPE on such issues as patient safety, provider and patient satisfaction, quality of care, community health outcomes, and cost savings.
All Together Better Health VII- Plenary Session- Interprofessionalism in a Global Context
A global panel of representatives from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australasia, Japan, Eastern and African countries, and the World Health Organization will engage in a moderated dialogue covering top issues related to interprofessional education and practice from their respective regions.
This plenary session features:
