Quadruple Aim Healthcare
Achieving the Quadruple Aim in Healthcare.
Quadruple aim healthcare. Is predicated on the assumption that your people are happy and healthy and enjoying their work. By implementing initiatives programs and technology aimed at improving each of the quadruple aims organizations can expect to see large returns. Burnout is associated with lower patient satisfaction reduced health outcomes and it may increase costs.
The change wont happen overnight nor will improving the health system performance. Enhancing patient experience improving population health and reducing costs. It derived from Crossing the Quality Chasm a publication of the Institute of Medicine.
Yet some health care professionals think another dimension of care is missing. Improve the patient experience of care including quality and satisfaction. Others have done it turning IHIs Triple Aim improving the health of populations enhancing the experience of care for individuals and reducing the per capita cost of health care into the Quadruple Aim For many organizations the fourth aim is attaining joy in work.
The well-being of care professionals. The framework encompasses reducing costs improving population health and patient experience with a new fourth domain. The notion of changing the objective to the Quadruple Aim recognises this focus within the context of the broader transformation required in our healthcare system towards high value care.
It takes high levels of organizational coordination and commitment to both patients and staff members. 1-3 This model is now widely accepted by public and private health organizations as a means for optimizing health system performance. The Triple Aim was focused on improving the health of populations elevating the patient experience and reducing the per-capita cost of health care.
The Quadruple Aim was created as an expansion on the Triple Aim of Healthcare. While the first three aims provide a rationale for the existence of a health system the fourth aim becomes a foundational element for the other goals to be realised. At AIM Specialty Health AIM the Quadruple Aim is not just a vision to inspire us.