Main description:

In times of ever-changing healthcare policy, many organizations have developed methods for reforming and optimizing healthcare systems. One prevailing healthcare approach is the Quadruple Aim, which incorporates four different goals: improving population health; improving experience of care; lowering healthcare costs; and improving provider work life (team vitality). Created by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Quadruple Aim method is not nursing-specific, but its framework for optimizing health system performance is coherent with the nursing profession today. This book argues that the widespread adoption of the Quadruple Aim could help create a sustainable healthcare system. Using the work and legacy of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, this book provides an early example of successful, holistic healthcare that balances cost-effectiveness with quality of care for both patients and nurses.

Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Nightingale's View of Nursing's Future
2. IHI's Triple (Now Quadruple) Aim Initiative
3. Today's Nurse Leaders and the Quadruple Aim
4. Quadruple Aim Goal 1: Improving the Experience of Care for Individuals
5. Quadruple Aim Goal 2: Improving the Health of Populations
6. Quadruple Aim Goal 3: Reducing Per Capita Costs of Healthcare
7. Quadruple Aim Goal 4: Improvement of Provider Work Life (Team Vitality)
8. Quadruple Aim: Nurses Leading the Way
9. The Path to Success
10. The Journey Continues
11. Population Health: Goals and Considerations for the Future
12. Improving the Individual Experience of Care: Future Implications
13. Reducing Per Capita Cost of Healthcare Without Compromising Quality
14. Improving Provider Work Life (Team Vitality): Where Do We Go from Here?
15. Preparing Future Nurse Leaders to Address the Quadruple Aim
Afterword
Appendix A. Nurses' Influence Survey
Appendix B. Consent Information
References
Index