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.
An Academic-Practice Model to Improve the Health of Underserved Neighborhoods
The Interprofessional Care Access Network is an innovative model for academic-practice partnership providing care coordination for vulnerable and underserved clients and populations in identified neighborhoods. Interprofessional student teams, including health professions students from nursing, medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry, collaborate with community service organizations and primary care clinics to address social determinants of health identified as barriers to achieving health care outcomes and Triple Aim goals.
Using population segmentation to provide better health care for all: The "Bridges to Health" model
The model discussed in this article divides the population into eight groups: people in good health, in maternal/infant situations, with an acute illness, with stable chronic conditions, with a serious but stable disability, with failing health near death, with advanced organ system failure, and with long-term frailty. Each group has its own definitions of optimal health and its own priorities among services.
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:
IHI Initiatives: Triple Aim measures
The IHI Triple Aim team has put together a set of suggested measures that also help operationally define the IHI Triple Aim.
IHI Initiatives: Are you ready to pursue the Triple Aim?
Use this questionnaire to assess whether your health-related organization or system, or coalition of organizations working to improve health and health care, is ready to pursue a Triple Aim.
SF-36 Health Survey
The SF-36 is a multi-purpose, short-form health survey with only 36 questions. It yields an 8-scale profile of functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically-based physical and mental health summary measures and a preference-based health utility index. It is a generic measure, as opposed to one that targets a specific age, disease, or treatment group.
Reducing barriers to interprofessional training: Promoting
The need to train health professionals who can work across disciplines is essential for effective, competent, and culturally sensitive health care delivery. By its very nature, the provision of health service requires communication and coordination between practitioners. However, preparation for interdisciplinary practice within the health care setting is rare. The authors argue that the primary reason students are not trained across disciplines is related to the diverse cultural structures that guide and moderate health education environments.
