What Is Patient-Centered Care? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBJan 1, 2017 — The primary goal and benefit of patient-centered care is to improve individual health outcomes, not just population health outcomes, although population outcomes may also improve. Not only do patients benefit, but providers and health care systems benefit as well, through: •. Improved satisfaction scores among patients and their families.
Reforming Health Care: The Single System Solution
WEBAug 19, 2020 — The flaws of the U.S. health care system have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. This paper posits three underlying causes of our persistent poor performance: flawed assumptions; inadequate information; and fragmented delivery, payment, and insurance systems that make it easier to profit by shifting risk or …
Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation | NEJM Catalyst
WEBMar 3, 2021 — Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation. The next decade will see major shifts in the design of health systems and health care, propelled by digital health, growing consumerism, mounting financial constraints, and accelerated by Covid-19. Authors: Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc, Wendy Nicklin, BN, MSc (A), ICDD, Rajesh …
What Is Risk Management in Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBApr 25, 2018 — Risk management in healthcare comprises the clinical and administrative systems, processes, and reports employed to detect, monitor, assess, mitigate, and prevent risks. By employing risk management, healthcare organizations proactively and systematically safeguard patient safety as well as the organization’s assets, market …
Development and Expression of a High-Reliability Organization
WEBNov 17, 2021 — Abstract. Health care organizations have increasingly adopted the principles of high-reliability organizations to improve their safety and quality. These principles must be built into the culture of the organization as well as into the systems and frameworks used to improve processes and evaluate outcomes in a learning health care system.
What Is Value-Based Healthcare? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBJan 1, 2017 — Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes. Under value-based care agreements, providers are rewarded for helping patients improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease, and live healthier lives in an …
Power and Participation: How Community Health Centers Address …
WEBDec 15, 2021 — As of 2021, there are more than 1,400 health centers in the United States, serving more than 14,500 service delivery locations; these include organizations designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Health Center Program look-alikes.Health centers serve more than 28 million patients, 58% of whom are members of …
Health Inequity and Racism Affects Patients and Health Care …
WEBFeb 17, 2021 — Advisor Analysis. Covid-19 is taking a toll on health care organizations’ ability to provide equitable access to care, revealing that much work needs to be done to overcome disparities in care, according to a recent NEJM Catalyst Insights Council survey on health equity. “The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified issues to the extent that ...
What Is Patient Flow? - NEJM Catalyst
WEBJan 1, 2018 — Learn more. Patient flow is the movement of patients through a healthcare facility. It involves the medical care, physical resources, and internal systems needed to get patients from the point of admission to the point of discharge while maintaining quality and patient/provider satisfaction. Improving patient flow is a critical component of ...
Combating Misinformation as a Core Function of Public Health
WEBJan 18, 2023 — The Covid-19 public health emergency has made clear that responding to misinformation is a core function for public health. Robust response is essential to reducing the detrimental impact of misinformation on health equity and community well-being. The Misinformation Response Unit, initially developed for the NYC Covid-19 vaccination …