Evaluating Triple Aim in integrated care through claims data

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...

Measuring the "triple aim" in transition care: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Without adequate support, adolescents transitioning from the pediatric to the adult health care system are at increased risk for poor health outcomes. Numerous interventions attempt to improve this transition, yet few comprehensively evaluate efficacy. To advance evaluation methods and ultimately the quality of transition services, it is necessary to understand the cur...

Achieving the Triple Aim Through Informed Consent for Computed Tomography

At the end of a particularly busy shift, you meet Mary, a 24 year-old female with no past medical history, who presents with six hours of crampy, intermittent, periumbilical abdominal pain but no associated fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or anorexia. Her vital signs are normal and her abdominal and gynecological exams are notable only for mild, diffuse abdominal tenderness without rebound or...

PRIMARY CARE AND THE TRIPLE AIM An Annotated Bibliography

Examining Primary Healthcare Performance through a Triple Aim Lens

PURPOSE This study sought to apply a Triple Aim framework to the measurement and evaluation of primary healthcare (PHC) team performance. METHODS Triple Aim components were populated with 10 dimensions derived from survey and health administrative data for 17 Family Health Teams (FHTs) in Ontario, Canada. Bivariate analyses and rankings of sites examined the relationships among dimensions and...