One in five Americans reports no usual source of health care, and the number of Americans reporting that they have a personal relationship with a usual source of care has declined steadily over the past 15 years. Given the positive association between having a usual source of care and the nation’s Triple Aim initiative of lower health care costs, improved population health outcomes, and better ...

In many industries, entrepreneurs are asked to undergo a process called “frugal innovation.” This process supports advances in technology that drive own spending and improve results or leave them static. ikewise, in the healthcare system, there is a shift occuring calling for a reduction in spending. Key to this shift ill be implementation of innovative devices brought orward by entrepreneurs. ...

disconnects and defects in care – such as duplication, poor integration between services or avoidable adverse events – are costly to the health system and potentially harmful to patients and families. for patients living with multiple chronic conditions, such disconnects can be particularly detrimental. lean is an approach to optimizing value by reducing waste (eg, duplication and defects) and ...

BACKGROUND Culturally sensitive interventions are needed to assist Mexican American (MA) patients with cancer and their family members in managing their care, navigating the healthcare system, and decreasing disparities in healthcare outcomes for Hispanics with cancer. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to understand the meaning of culturally sensitive care for oncology clinic healt...

providing financial resources in a justly manner in health care system means, that paying health care services by patients must be based on their financial ability and not by severity of their condition or danger of their disease. in a fair health care system, protection of all patients in term of their financial ability has been predicted. on the other hand, exponential increases in cost of he...

OBJECTIVE To examine past comparisons of the costs of the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and of non-VA providers to determine lessons and data requirements for future cost comparisons, particularly those assessing VA efficiency and to determine whether VA should purchase care from non-VA providers. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Over the past two decades, researchers have tried to establish how VA...