Assignment Content
Read the IHI Triple Aim Initiative page on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s website and watch “Design of a Triple Aim Enterprise.”
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that evaluates the impact of implementing Triple Aim goals nationally. Determine whether the three dimensions of Triple Aim would be achievable:
Improving quality and satisfaction for the patient experience of care
Improving the health of populations
Reducing the per capita cost of health care
Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
Use the following structure when putting together your policy brief:
o Title
o Executive summary (175 to 260 words)
o Recommendations
o Introduction
o State recommendation again
o Body
o Overview of problem
o Review of relevant research
o Application of research results
o Policy implications
o Conclusion
ANSWER:
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) developed the triple aim to optimize healthcare services. The triple aim entails per capita cost, population health, and experience of care. It seeks to improve patient experience, reduce the per capita cost of healthcare, and improve the overall health of the population. IHI acknowledged that improving healthcare requires an informed and reliable healthcare system. Quality in healthcare should entail effective healthcare services that are timely and affordable. Healthcare services should result in a better society with minimal disease burden.
Healthcare institutions should redesign their primary healthcare services and structures so that they can meet the healthcare needs of their clients and improve the overall population health of communities. They should also create and integrate healthcare systems that maximize quality (clinical or otherwise) while controlling costs.
The United States has one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the world. The country spends approximately 17% of its gross domestic product on healthcare, and more than 10% of the population does not have health insurance (Whittington, Nolan, Lewis, & Torres, 2015, 268). The average waiting time for patients intending to see a family medicine practitioner is 29.3 days. Patients seeking services in emergency departments wait for an average of 30 minutes (Whittington, Nolan, Lewis, & Torres, 2015, 268). Disease burden remains high in the United States with heart disease, cancer, accidents, respiratory disease, stroke, and diabetes are among the leading causes of death (Whittington, Nolan, Lewis, & Torres, 2015, 265). A significant number of Americans still experience challenges in the healthcare industry, leading to high prevalence and mortality rates.
The triple aim goals act as a framework for improvement. According to McCarthy & Klein (2010, para 7), continue reading …