Recent articles highlight challenges with holding
providers accountable for the care they deliver. One of the major thrusts of
efforts to transform the American healthcare delivery system has been to become
more patient-centered and to allow patients to provide feedback that matters.
Emblematic of this is the emphasis on patient
involvement in the final rules for the Shared Savings Program accountable care
organizations (ACO).
Echoing former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Director Don Berwick's plea on the behalf of patients ("Nothing
about us without us"), the ACO final rules emphasize patient engagement in
governance, quality improvement and the individual doctor/patient interaction.
Follow the link for the rest of this blog
http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2013/01/30/is_patient_empowerment_the_next_step_for#disqus_thread
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