Across the divide: “Primary care departments working together to redesign care to achieve the Triple Aim”

Coming together to achieve quality cardiovascular care.

Agreement on the processes of health care that are necessary to achieve healthcare quality goals is the foundation of performance measurement. In addition, standardization of performance measures themselves is essential to avoid confusion and undue burden among those whose performance is being measured. Recent work on cardiovascular performance measures establishes a new standard for how those ...

PRIMARY CARE AND THE TRIPLE AIM An Annotated Bibliography

The triple aim: care, health, and cost.

Improving the U.S. health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of health care. Preconditions for this include the enrollment of an identified population, a commitment to universality for its members, and the existence of an organization (an "integrator") that accepts responsi...

From triple to quadruple aim: care of the patient requires care of the provider.

The Triple Aim-enhancing patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs-is widely accepted as a compass to optimize health system performance. Yet physicians and other members of the health care workforce report widespread burnout and dissatisfaction. Burnout is associated with lower patient satisfaction, reduced health outcomes, and it may increase costs. Burnout thus impe...

Creating the Right Sort of Ship to Achieve Integrated Care: A Response to Recent Commentaries