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01-08-2017 | Value-based Healthcare
Value-based Healthcare: Preoperative Assessment and Global Optimization (PASS-GO): Improving Value in Total Joint Replacement Care
Authors:
Thomas R. Vetter, MD, MPH, Lauren M. Uhler, MPH, Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 8/2017
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Excerpt
In 2012, the Institute of Medicine convened a panel of chief executive officers from US healthcare organizations to discuss healthcare delivery transformation initiatives with the stated goal of providing better outcomes at lower costs [
2]. The panel identified key strategies to achieve high-value healthcare including: (1) Evidence protocols to reduce variation and inefficiencies in care, (2) integrated care (finding the right team to provide the right care in the right setting), (3) shared decision-making to enable the patient and physician to make care decisions collaboratively, (4) targeted services (tailoring interventions for resource intensive patients), and (5) internal transparency on quality and cost performance measures [
2]. …