Health care in the U.S. is fraught with complexity, fragmentation, inefficiency, unexplained variation, and waste. In order to achieve better health outcomes for patients and families, and to make care more affordable, safe, and convenient, patients and their caregivers will need to understand how to engage in and deliver value-based health care.
The goal of this course is to provide tools for clinicians to achieve better outcomes for patients, by delivering the best possible care at lower total costs. In this module, you will learn what value-based health care means and how to apply it to your everyday practice. You will also gain understanding of the emerging concept of value in health care1, areas of current medical waste, and unsustainable costs of care. Finally, we will introduce you to evolving tools and strategies to improve the medical care you deliver to your patients.
Connect how the pursuit of high-value care for patients supports the professionalism of clinicians.
Introduce the concept of health care outcomes.
Examine a case that presents strategies and tools for increasing value in health care.
Explore data to gain understanding and appreciate the perspective of patients, individual clinicians, and health systems as it pertains to value-based health care.
