Written by the President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement (IHI) and a leading health care journalist, this
groundbreaking book examines how leading organizations in the United
States are pursuing the Triple Aim--improving the individual experience
of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per
capita cost of care.
Even with major steps forward - including the Affordable Care Act and
the creation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation -- the
national health care debate is too often poisoned by negativity. A
quieter, more thoughtful, and vastly more constructive conversation
continues among health care leaders and professionals throughout the
country. Innovative solutions are being designed and implemented at the
local level, and countless health care organizations are demonstrating
breakthrough remedies to some of the toughest and most expensive
challenges in health care.
Pursuing the Triple Aim shares compelling stories that are emerging in
locations ranging from Pittsburgh to Seattle, from Boston to Oakland,
focused on topics including improving quality and lowering costs in
primary care; setting challenging goals to control chronic disease with
notable outcomes; leveraging employer buying power to improve quality,
reduce waste, and drive down cost; paying for care under an innovative
contract that compensates for quality rather than quantity; and much
more. The authors describe these innovations in detail, and show the way
toward a health care system for the nation that improves the experience
and quality of care while at the same time controlling costs.
As the Triple Aim moves from being largely an aspirational framework to
something that communities all across the US can implement and learn
from, its potential to become a touchstone for the work ahead has never
been greater. Pursuing the Triple Aim lays out the vision, the
interventions, and promising examples of success.
