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Aimed at improving health care quality, this book offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

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Aimed at improving health care quality, this book offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

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Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to improve health care quality. Performance Measurement offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a new framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This new book also addresses the gaps in performance measurement and introduces the need for measures that are longitudinal, comprehensive, population-based, and patient-centered. This book is directed toward all concerned with improving the quality and performance of the nation's health care system in its multiple dimensions and in both the public and private sectors.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Current and Future State of Performance Measurement and Reporting
  • 3 Achieving a National System for Performance Measurement andReporting
  • 4 Moving Forward: What Should Be Measured?
  • 5 Research Agenda
  • Appendix A Glossary
  • Appendix B National Organizations Involved in PerformanceMeasurement
  • Appendix C Case Studies
  • Appendix D Ten Design Principles
  • Appendix E Methodology and Analytic Frameworks
  • Appendix F Commissioned Paper: Improving the Quality of QualityMeasurement--John D. Birkmeyer, Eve A. Kerr, and Justin B. Dimick
  • Appendix G Starter Set of Measures
  • Appendix H Commissioned Paper: Efficiency/Value-Based Measures forServices, Defined Populations, Acute Episodes, and ChronicConditions--Kyle L. Grazier
  • Appendix I Commissioned Paper: Transitional Care PerformanceMeasurement--Eric A. Coleman
  • Appendix J Commissioned Paper: Palliative Care/End-of-LifeMeasures--Sydney Dy and Joanne Lynn
  • Appendix K Biographical Sketches
  • Index

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About the Author

Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment, and Performance Improvement Programs

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Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to improve health care quality. Performance Measurement offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a new framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This new book also addresses the gaps in performance measurement and introduces the need for measures that are longitudinal, comprehensive, population-based, and patient-centered. This book is directed toward all concerned with improving the quality and performance of the nation's health care system in its multiple dimensions and in both the public and private sectors.

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Product Details

Publisher
National Academies Press
Published
9th July 2006
Edition
1st
Pages
382
ISBN
9780309100076

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