Relevance of Quality Measurement to Integrative Healthcare in the United States
| Autor: | James M. Whedon, Molly Punzo, Jennifer Olejownik, Regina Dehen, Martha Brown Menard, David Fogel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Complementary Therapies
medicine.medical_specialty Knowledge management Quality management media_common.quotation_subject 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act medicine Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Quality policy Quality Indicators Health Care Quality of Health Care media_common Integrative Medicine business.industry Payment United States 030205 complementary & alternative medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Family medicine Integrative medicine Health care reform business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 22:853-858 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7708 1075-5535 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/acm.2016.0173 |
| Popis: | With the advent of new models for payment and delivery of healthcare services, the use of quality measures for continual improvement of clinical healthcare is now an integral feature of medical practice in the United States. However, quality measurement and quality improvement activities are not common practice among integrative health providers. This article discusses the import and application of quality measurement to the practice of integrative healthcare. It reviews developments in the healthcare quality improvement movement, explores the relevance of quality measures to integrative healthcare, describes examples of the current use of quality measures in integrative health practice, discusses discriminatory policies that may prevent participation in quality improvement by integrative health practitioners, and makes recommendations for practice and policy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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