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Appendix D Ten Design Principles
Appendix D Ten Design Principles
Pages 166-169
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The committee endorses the following statement of purpose, proposed by the President's Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry: The purpose of the health care system must be to continuously reduce the impact and burden of illness, injury, and disability, and to improve the health and functioning of the people of the United States. Principle 2: Evidence-Based Goals and Measures A performance measurement system should be guided by a comprehensive set of evidence-based goals for improvement, where appropriate.
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This system should produce useful information for three purposes: · Accountability -- Information should be available to assist stakeholders in making choices about providers, including patients identifying a clinician, hospital, or other provider from which to seek services; purchasers and health plans selecting providers to include in their health insurance networks; and quality oversight organizations making accreditation and certification decisions. · Quality improvement -- The information provided should be of value to stakeholders responsible for improving the quality of care, including clinicians and administrators and governing board members of health care organizations.
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Principle 7: Individual-, Population-, and Systems-Based Measurement Measurement and measures should assess the health and health care of both individuals and populations and the many systems within which care is provided. A national system for performance measurement and reporting should include both measures of the quality of care provided by the personal health care system and measures of population health, health behaviors, and unmet health needs.
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the extent to which all quality efforts lead to improvements in the six quality aims. Principle 10: Independent and Sustainable A performance measurement and reporting system should be continually enhanced and financed in a way that ensures its independence and sustainability.
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