Paper on Impact of Implementing Triple Aim Goals Nationally
Paper on Impact of Implementing Triple Aim Goals Nationally
The IHI Triple Aim Initiative page on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s website and watch the video “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
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.
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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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Paper on impact of implementing Triple Aim goals nationally
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).
The following will need to be used to complete assignment
- The IHI Triple Aim http://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/TripleAim/Pages/default.aspx
- Triple Aim for Populations http://www.ihi.org/Topics/TripleAim/Pages/default.aspx
- Design of a Triple Aim Enterprise http://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/TripleAim/PublishingImages/IHI_DesignofTripleAimEnterprise.JPG
We identified the 3 main elements for successful population management: identifying the relevant population, creating or identifying a governance structure, and articulating a purpose for this work.
Identifying a Relevant Population
In order to achieve sustainable improvement, organizations were encouraged at the outset to choose a population or populations for
which all 3 dimensions of the Triple Aim were important. In the early days of our work, organizations often chose a population for which only 2 dimensions of the Triple Aim made sense, with the most likely weakness being per capita cost. Even though these organizations saw the value of improving health and care for the population, their payment model did not reward them for lower per capita cost. In some cases, the payment model actually penalized them when they improved health because it led to less need for health care and, consequently, less revenue.
Some organizations chose their own employees as their relevant population, which improved the employees’ health and created a better care experience for them while also reducing health care costs for both employer and employees. For regional coalitions, finding opportunities to improve health and care was typically straightforward, but it often proved more challenging to build a community-wide financing model for this same population. Some community partners, for example, made less money when the population’s health improved. In one community, a health care leader (who asked to remain anonymous) described a health system CEO who encouraged his employees to participate in a coalition working on a regional Triple Aim initiative with the goal of slowing down the improvement process. His reason was that the hospital would face financial risk if the Triple Aim succeeded, and he might have been correct, given the existing payment model at that time. This example illustrates the potential political tensions at the community level that need to be considered, along with other issues, when selecting populations of focus for the Triple Aim.
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