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We Can Be The Best

Explore the relationship between coverage, access, quality of care, and efficiency in healthcare. Learn how poor access undermines quality and increases costs, and discover approaches for improvement.

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We Can Be The Best

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  1. We Can Be The Best Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH Executive Vice President for Programs The Commonwealth Fund www.cmwf.org Bipartisan Congressional Health Policy Conference January 13, 2007

  2. Some Summary Points • Coverage, access, quality of care, and efficiency are all interconnected. • Poor access undermines quality, increases costs of care • Example: Hospitals for ambulatory care sensitive conditions • We can do better – can even approach perfection • Results can include lives saved, lower total costs, improved value

  3. Reid Hospital; Richmond, Indiana *HQA = Hospital Quality Alliance

  4. Improvements in Use of Beta BlockersAfter a Heart Attack Score in 1996: 71 Score in 2005: 97 Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance, TheState of Health Care Quality: 2006, Washington, D.C.: NCQA, 2006.

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