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Our unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality patient care and supporting our clinicians in the communities we serve is evident in our 2023 Annual Review. The report highlights our achievements in quality, financial stewardship, and community impact, demonstrating how we continue to make a difference in health care. Some key takeaways from the review include: - Our focus on quality and collaboration across clinical care teams has led to significant improvements in patient care metrics, such as a 34% reduction in door-to-provider times in emergency departments since 2021. - We have maintained financial stability despite industry challenges, allowing us to reinvest in growth, innovation, and fair compensation for our clinicians. - Our clinician-led initiatives and advocacy efforts prioritize equitable access to care and overall health and wellness in the communities we serve. - We are dedicated to supporting our clinicians through extensive education, leadership development, and a strong focus on clinician well-being. As we move forward, we remain committed to our mission of revitalizing health care by delivering exceptional patient care, supporting our clinicians, and leveraging our clinical and operational expertise to drive positive change. Read the full story of our impact and our vision for the future in our 2023 Annual Review: https://lnkd.in/eqCfwqZf #AnnualReview #HealthcareExcellence #ClinicianSupport #CommunityImpact #TogetherWeHeal

Is Value-Based Care (VBC) the way forward toward transformation in healthcare? While many definitions (and misperceptions) prevail, the featured article notes that "what they all have in common is that we should achieve the best possible outcomes for people receiving care at the lowest cost. It follows, therefore, that value can never be about cost-cutting arbitrarily. Poor outcomes come with a high cost: both human and financial." PROMs (patient-reported outcome measures) are most "valuable as a set of information through which we begin to understand the needs of our patients and understand how we may direct our resources more effectively to meet those needs". When we measure what matters to patients (and families) we move toward better health and care experiences for all. ***** Publish your perspectives and research with Journal of Patient Experience in our new special collection on harnessing patient experience and value-based care: https://lnkd.in/eAFDTZ6t ***** Featured article: Lewis S. (Sally Lewis) Value-based healthcare: is it the way forward? Future Healthc J. 2022 Nov;9(3):211-215. doi: 10.7861/fhj.2022-0099. PMID: 36561818; PMCID: PMC9761467. https://lnkd.in/eHGyv6ir RELEVANT: International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Jennifer Bright NEJM Catalyst Value Institute for Health and Care at UT Austin Value-Based Health Care Center Europe - News & Events Joe Wolfe (Health Care Regulatory Attorney/Consultant) Hall Render #PatientExperience #PROMS #PREMS #PatientReportedOutcomes #ValueBasedCare #VBC #HumanExperience

Organising Virtual Care: Design, Organisational factors and Health System related aspects, proud on our Mayo Clinics Proceedings, Digital health paper (in press) Abstract: Hospital based digital- and virtual care is becoming increasingly common and its’ reach and scope are expanding in terms of patients groups and technologic sophistication. The objective of this viewpoint is to provide guidance on design and factors that can be decisive for the organization of virtual care from a hospital´s perspective. Relevant aspects to be taken into account are: Characteristics of the technology in a broader sense, the nature and intensity of provider involvement and -supervision, the degree of self-management by the patient and his environment, the relation and cooperation mechanisms with other providers as home care, GP´s and other specialist care, the matter of (economies of) scale and lastly the uniformity of processes over geographic regions and providers. We provide suggestions for further research and future policy related to these aspects. https://lnkd.in/eNZQB83e

Its a great honour to be invited by the UK Royal Society of Medicine to be their headline speaker at their annual GP and Primary Care conference on 25th September 2024. For those who have been following my work you will know that I have been advocating for the need for a long term vision for health and healthcare in a technology enabled 21st century. A long term vision that can galvanise coordinated and collective action towards a more systemic and holistic model of healthcare that embraces and integrates preventative, early detection and whole person care. The current mechanistic "repair shop" model of healthcare is wholly unsuited to meeting the ongoing needs of an aging population suffering increasing levels of ill health, chronic disease and frailty through loss of function. I will use this opportunity to make the case that short term bootstrapping of primary care - important as it is - is not going to give us the model of continuous, holistic care that is so desperately needed. I will use this opportunity to outline what this future could look like, the new paradigm it calls for and the journey to get there. This will build on my current and previous work e.g: 1. The "Health Beyond the Fog" futures report outlining a long term future for person-centred healthcare in a technology enabled 21st century. commissioned by the Royal Free Charity (https://rb.gy/tx6bra), 2. Imperial College's "Leading Systemic Innovation in Healthcare" executive education programme which I am leading (https://rb.gy/tsfjhy) 3. The Three Horizons work I am involved in with Suffolk and NE Essex ICS and ICP (SNEE) as part of the their whole system "Future Shift" transformation strategy (https://rb.gy/dyvm7f). #nhs #primarycare #health #communities #healthcare #healthfutures #nhsengland #ImperialMeansBusiness #RSM

Restructuring the provision of health care around the condition being treated can reduce fragmentation, improve patient care, and lay the groundwork for value-based health care (VBHC). The authors researched the current use of four models in several health care organizations: the Integrated Practice Unit, first described in the context of VBHC in 2013, and three additional condition-based organizational structures defined by the Dutch Linnean Initiative. This qualitative study, using interviews with VBHC experts from 15 large health care providers worldwide, explores these four different ways to implement VBHC. All have different characteristics regarding staff, colocation, level of independence, and leadership. These models have not been previously studied in this way. Further research can delve into the framework concepts to enhance or validate the findings: https://nej.md/49C42qj

The July 2024 issue of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery includes an in-depth look at strategies that leaders at the Mass General Brigham health system have used in launching a standardized patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) collection program in 2012, a major step in the value-based transformation of health care.    Read the article: https://nej.md/3RgoNQH    Here are more highlights from the July issue:     𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦  🚑 Emergency Department in Home (EDiH): A Novel Approach to Delivering Acute Care https://nej.md/3x8kC2T    📋 The Amsterdam PROM Implementation Strategy: Policy and Pathway https://nej.md/4c02rvd    𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘   🏥 How Payers Can Help Hospitals Become Safer Through Value-Based Programs https://nej.md/3VrQkQy    𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬  🩺 Outcomes or Experiences — What Do Patients Value More When Evaluating Medical Teams? https://nej.md/45rE07m    𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧   🔑 Keys to Measuring Patient-Centered Care https://nej.md/3VJvzQL    𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪   🔍 Understanding What Matters to Patients https://nej.md/4clFi66    𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦   💡 Innovation in Pursuit of Patient-Centered Care https://nej.md/45rDTbW    Explore the current issue: https://nej.md/3RtKX22     #CareDelivery 

Patient-reported outcomes (#PROs) are crucial in healthcare research, offering insights into interventions from the patient perspective, and this study focuses on mitigating respondent burden in PROs to enhance data quality and decision-making. After a thorough literature review and a Delphi survey involving multi-stakeholders, the authors compiled 19 recommendations to address this issue including "where possible, consider the use of #ePROs, which may help reduce respondent burden, but must be balanced with the needs and preferences of the target population" and "explore the functionality of ePROs with diverse representatives from the target population where possible". Implementing these recommendations could streamline PRO collection and improve healthcare research and clinical practice. Check out the full publication in Nature Journal authored by teams from University of Birmingham #CPROR NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) and Aparito. https://hubs.li/Q02mRDsN0 #eCOA #MeasureWhatMatters #PatientReportedOutcomes

The Canadian Medical Association Journal published a study this month (March 2024), looking at the high rates of physician incivility in the healthcare workplace. More than 75% of health care employees have witnessed uncivil behaviour from physicians,2 and 31% of physicians report receiving weekly or daily rude, dismissive or aggressive communication from other doctors. "Incivility" is a catch all term that could describe actions like: - Interrupting or talking over someone - Sarcastic or demeaning remarks - Ignoring or excluding others - Using dismissive body language - Being rude or abrupt in person or online - many others The study goes on to talk about how toxic workplaces contribute to the problem and the effect that it has on patient care. What it doesn't talk about is how important it is to REPORT that behavior and the barriers to why that does not happen. Whether your a patient or a provider, reporting physician incivility comes at a cost. A lot of those times that cost isn't worth it. What if there was a way to report, but in a safer and anonymous way? Safespace Networks Ontario is providing that opportunity through the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council. Visit https://bit.ly/3uZRSZ6 to learn more.

It is increasingly apparent that success in a highly interdependent world depends on identifying and strengthening the networks through which value is created. In this May 9 Cafe, we will explore a new policy proposal for improving healthcare - The Better Care Plan. Dr. Steve Shortell, one of its creators, will describe it and open up for discussion. How does it work? How does it propose to use relational coordination to certify care teams? How does it propose to strengthen networks for integrated equitable healthcare? How can you get involved? Dr. Shortell is joined by panelists/commenters with expertise in relational coordination, social networks, health system design, and payment models - at 11-12:00 ET on May 9. Register here https://lnkd.in/dy5DdYTY

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