This week, we'll be highlighting papers published in the new edition of Health Affairs, entitled "Still Crossing the Quality Chasm." This edition explores the question of quality as raised in the 2001 Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, and explores how far we have come since its publication... while also anticipating the road ahead.
"The Trade-Off Among Quality, Quantity, And Cost: How To Make It—If We Must"
Author: Mark V. Pauly
In this analysis and commentary, INQRI co-director Mark Pauly shares his concern that the Affordable Care Act may "lead to a lot of talk about quality but necessarily much improvement." Pauly suggests that "disruptive innovation" (a market-driven approach that balances cost and quality) might be able to facilitate improvements in health care as it has improved quality in other industries.
Click here to read the piece.
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I think we need to always carry the medicine cabinet, but a duty is a duty, something that never happens until it happens and not bad to have this hand:
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