Health Affairs–In comparing three adverse event detection methods from three leading hospitals, a study done by University of Utah researchers and colleagues found that the most used detection methods – including hospitals’ self-reporting systems – missed nearly 90 percent of adverse events. That total is 10 times higher than the Agency for Healthcare Research and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Incentives’
Report: Hospital Self-Reporting Misses 90% of Adverse Events
Posted in Clinical Outcomes, Events, Evidence-Based Medicine, Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Research, tagged Education, Incentives, Medicine, Patient Safety on April 11, 2011 |
Essay Contest: Accounting for Patients’ Pockets
Posted in Costs, Financial Outcomes, Incentives, patient engagement, tagged Atul Gawande, Boston, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Communication, Congressional Budget Office, economics, Harvard Medical School, Hospitals, Incentives, Medicine, Shared Decision-Making on September 28, 2010 |
Medical bills are a leading cause of financial hardship and doctors decide what goes on the bill. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the United States spends $700 billion dollars each year on tests and treatments that do not measurably improve health outcomes–a figure comparable to our total spending on the Iraq War. And here [...]
Is there a Financial Return on the Medical Home?
Posted in Financial Outcomes, Incentives, Medical Home, Patient Communication, patient engagement, Reform, tagged Communication, Incentives, medical home, patient engagement on April 26, 2010 |
Puget Sound Business Journal—A new article in the PSBJ highlights the success Boeing has had cutting costs through a medical home program. Completed last year, Boeing saved 20% of healthcare costs in a pilot group (note: not comprised solely of pilots) where patients were matched with teams of physicians and nurses who constantly communicated, motivated, [...]
Skin in the Game
Posted in Clinical Outcomes, Incentives, Internet Use, patient engagement, PHR, Technology, tagged Adam Bosworth, Google Health, Incentives, Keas on April 6, 2010 |
This country has a devastating task just paying for our current health care system. We are spending about $2.4 Trillion dollars each year which, if you assume that only about 100MM people have any sort of serious issue at all, resolves to a cost of $24,000 per person. Worse, it is on track to grow [...]
Take as Directed: The Psychology of Medication Adherence
Posted in Incentives, Internet Use, Patient Education, patient engagement, Technology, tagged Communication, Incentives, Medication Adherance on March 9, 2010 |
Take as directed. Three simple words that have proven very difficult to follow. The Journal of General Medicine reports that 1 in 5 prescriptions never get filled. For those that do, breakdowns in medication adherence are rampant. Patients take their meds irregularly then suffer the consequences. For those recovering from a transplant or with diseases [...]
UCSF Incentive Program Supports Educational, Patient Care Goals
Posted in Clinical Outcomes, Incentives, Patient Education, tagged Incentives, Patient Education, patient engagement on January 18, 2010 |
HealthLeaders Media – UCSF Medical Center has created an incentive program that allows residents to earn up to an extra $1,200 per year. The program rewards trainees for working together to improve patient satisfaction, patient quality & safety, and pain management. More information from HealthLeaders Media
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