Quality-driven healthcare delivery is and will always be a difficult subject to tackle. Everyone has an opinion. Patients, providers, health insurance, government and other stakeholders debate and write on this topic daily.
All of my patients in Williston have their own ideas on what constitutes quality health care. To many, it is really just sitting down and the doctor taking time to hear about what "ails" them. To others, it is more about making the correct diagnosis, initiating the proper treatment, and getting them better. Better to go back to work, better to back to school, and better to go on with their lives.
I guess, the easiest way to describe what is quality-driven healthcare may be summed up in the following way:
Doing the right thing (need);
In the right amount (cost);
At the right time (when needed);
In the right way (appropriate);
Producing the best possible results for the patient (outcome).
I like this the best to describe quality-driven healthcare. It covers everything. However, it is really too simplistic an approach for everyone to agree on as to using it as the driving force for quality-driven healthcare services. In the next several blogs, I will explore and discuss more in depth what has become the accepted approach to quality-driven healthcare in this country.
I wrote about this approach extensively in Healthcare Stewardship. This accepted approach for quality-driven healthcare is what I believe will save healthcare in this country.
But for now, let's all learn about doing the right...
Dr. Dale
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