Access to High-Quality Health Care in U.S. Cities:

2006 ◽  
pp. 85-105
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Andrulis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
High Quality Health Care

scholarly journals Defining high quality health care

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Cooperberg ◽  
John D. Birkmeyer ◽  
Mark S. Litwin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
High Quality Health Care

scholarly journals UK National Data Guardian for Health and Care’s Review of Data Security: Trust, better security and opt-outs

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Chan ◽  
Concetta Tania Di Iorio ◽  
Simon De Lusignan ◽  
Daniel Lo Russo ◽  
Craig Kuziemsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
National Data ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
High Quality Health Care ◽  
The Uk

Sharing health and social care data is essential to the delivery of high quality health care as well as disease surveillance, public health, and for conducting research. However, these societal benefits may be constrained by privacy and data protection principles. Hence, societies are striving to find a balance between the two competing public interests. Whilst the spread of IT advancements in recent decades has increased the demand for an increased privacy and data protection in many ways health is a special case.UK, are adopting guidelines, codes of conduct and regulatory instruments aimed to implement privacy principles into practical settings and enhance public trust. Accordingly, in 2015, the UK National Data Guardian (NDG) requested to conduct a further review of data protection, referred to as Caldicott 3.  The scope of this review is to strengthen data security standards and confidentiality. It also proposes a consent system based on an “opt-out” model rather than on “opt-in.Across Europe as well as internationally the privacy-health data sharing balance is not fixed.  In Europe enactment of the new EU Data Protection Regulation in 2016 constitute a major breakthrough, which is likely to have a profound effect on European countries and beyond.  In Australia and across North America different ways are being sought to balance out these twin requirements of a modern society - to preserve privacy alongside affording high quality health care for an ageing population.  Whilst in the UK privacy legal framework remains complex and fragmented into different layers of legislation, which may negatively impact on both the rights to privacy and health the UK is at the forefront in the uptake of international and EU privacy and data protection principles. And, if the privacy regime were reorganised in a more comprehensive manner, it could be used as a sound implementation model for other countries.

scholarly journals Towards High Quality Health Care and Sustainable Financing - the Role of Health Care Programmes

Global Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Mackenzie Mills ◽  
Nicola Boekstein ◽  
Maxine Mackintosh ◽  
Panos Kanavos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
High Quality Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Financing

scholarly journals Developing Pathology Measures for the Quality Payment Program—Part I: A Quest for Meaningful Measures

2020 ◽  
Vol 144 (6) ◽  
pp. 686-696
Author(s):  
Gregary T. Bocsi ◽  
Jason Kang ◽  
Angela Kennedy ◽  
Loveleen Singh ◽  
Stephanie Peditto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Clinical Evidence ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
High Quality Health Care ◽  
And Performance

Context.— Quality measures assess health care processes, outcomes, and patient perceptions associated with high-quality health care, which is commonly defined as care that is effective, safe, efficient, patient centered, equitable, and timely. Such measures are now being used in order to incentivize provision of high-quality health care. Objective.— To meet the goals of the Quality Payment Program, quality measures will be developed from clinical practice guidelines and relevant, peer-reviewed research identifying evidence that the measure addresses 3 areas: a high-priority aspect of health care or a specific national health goal or priority; a meaningful focus, such as leading to a desired health outcome; and a gap or variation in care. Design.— Within the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Measures and Performance Assessment Subcommittee is tasked with developing useful performance measures. Participating practitioners can then select measures that are meaningful to their respective patients and practices, and reflect the quality of the services they provide. Results.— The CAP developed 23 quality measures for reporting to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that reflect rigorous clinical evidence and address areas in need of performance improvement. Conclusions.— Because the implications of reporting on these pathology-specific metrics are significant, these measures and the process by which they were designed are presented here in peer-reviewed fashion. The measures described in this article (part 1) represent recent efforts by the CAP to develop meaningful measures that reflect rigorous clinical evidence and highlight areas with opportunities for performance improvement.

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