270611 "Triple Aim" and the vision of health care reform

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 : 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Donald Berwick, MD, MPP , Consultant, Newton, ME
Meeting the social need for sustainable health care focuses attention on the "Triple Aim" - better health care for individuals, better health for populations, and lower cost through improvement. Seen through that lens, public health has a new vital mission, deeply connected to the future of the health care system as a whole.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Explain the new roles and centrality of public health and prevention in helping to assure a sustainable health care system.

Keywords: Sustainability, Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: A pediatrician and former President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Dr. Berwick has spent the past 30 years of his career working in the US and abroad to help improve the quality of health care. From July 2010 to December 2011, he served as the Administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He has authored over 130 articles on health care quality, health care delivery and pediatrics.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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