Examining Primary Healthcare Performance through a Triple Aim Lens

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...

PRIMARY CARE AND THE TRIPLE AIM An Annotated Bibliography

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...

Examining SNS Adoption through Motivational Lens

The impact of social networking has become a focal point for Information Systems researchers; however, its potential benefits and impact have not been fully explored. Membership in social networks has been increasing steadily within the last decade but at the same time some members have abandon their accounts or use them minimally. To understand the differences in usage among members the adopti...

A scoping review of interprofessional collaborative practice and education using the lens of the Triple Aim

The Triple Aim unequivocally connects interprofessional healthcare teams to the provision of better healthcare services that would eventually lead to improved health outcomes. This review of the interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice empirical literature from 2008 to 2013 focused on the impact of this area of inquiry on the outcomes identified in the Triple Aim. The prefer...