A high performance health system for the United States: an ambitious agenda for the next president
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Commission on a High Performance Health System. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Benchmarking Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration Quality of Health Care Advisory Committees Delivery of Health Care -- standards Disclosure Efficiency, Organizational Evidence-Based Medicine Forecasting Health Care Reform -- trends Health Services Accessibility Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health Medical Informatics Medically Uninsured Motivation Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In this report, the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System presents its views on what it would take for the U.S. to reach, and raise, benchmark levels of health system performance. The Commission commends the emphasis many presidential candidates place on extending health insurance to all and improving health care quality and efficiency. The Commission believes the U.S. must pursue a strategy of covering the uninsured while simultaneously improving quality and efficiency. It recommends five strategies: (1) extending comprehensive, affordable, and seamless insurance coverage to all; (2) aligning incentives to reward high-quality, efficient care; (3) organizing the health system to achieve accountable, coordinated care; (4) investing in public reporting, evidence-based medicine, and the infrastructure necessary to deliver the best care; and (5) exploring creation of a national entity that set aims for health system performance and priorities for improvement, monitors performance, and recommend practices and policies.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101462117 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101462117