Tackling the Quadruple Aim: Helping Cardiovascular Professionals Find Work-Life Balance

The goal: to provide a framework for a health care system focused not on volume, but on improved quality and patient satisfaction, better outcomes, and reduced costs (1).“The wide gap between societal expectations and professional reality has set the stage for 46% of U.S. physicians to experience sy...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018-04, Vol.71 (15), p.1707-1709
Main Author: Valentine, C. Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
Cardiology
Collaboration
Cost reduction
Electronic health records
Electronic medical records
Health care policy
Health education
Internal medicine
Maintenance
Medicine
Patient satisfaction
Physicians
Professionals
Quality
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Summary:The goal: to provide a framework for a health care system focused not on volume, but on improved quality and patient satisfaction, better outcomes, and reduced costs (1).“The wide gap between societal expectations and professional reality has set the stage for 46% of U.S. physicians to experience symptoms of burnout,” wrote Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, and Christine Sinsky, MD, in their 2014 paper published in the Annals of Family Medicine calling for a move from the triple to a quadruple aim (3).The ACC’s latest professional life survey of its members shows similar results, with cardiovascular professionals citing implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, work-life balance, maintenance of certification (MOC), reimbursement challenges, electronic health record challenges that take away from patient time, prior authorization, and quality reporting among the top issues keeping them up at night (6).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.014