Most of us now know that the quality of U.S. healthcare varies – and is not as good as it should be. Our goal is that every patient can receive healthcare that is safe, reliable and delivers optimal outcomes at a fair price. The vision is to have the very best evidence-based care delivered every time to every patient for an appropriate cost.
The Role of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives
Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives play an integral role in creating value-driven activities to improve the quality of care:
- Physician engagement and quality improvement support
- Private reporting to physicians on comparative performance
- Performance measure development and testing
- Delivery system and practice re-design initiatives
- Performance measurement and public reporting to provide transparency for consumer choice and rewards for excellence
- Quality improvement at the front line such as Six Sigma Lean Programs
- Disease management and community care teams
- Demonstration projects that explore quality improvement methods to reduce cost, error, harm and waste
- Serving as Quality Innovation Networks(QIN) -QIOs or Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs)
- Multi-payer payment reform initiatives, Value-Based Purchasing, and benefit designs
- Community engagement for population health
