Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim
Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim kathschachJune 18, 2024 — In a learning health system, health data is brought together to drive better patient-centred outcomes, improve overall system quality and support health equity.Reference1 Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) provide valuable information from the patient’s perspective that can help health care providers improve patient-centred care and support quality improvement.
Collecting health data, such as PREMs and PROMs, contributes to creating a healthier and more balanced health care system when the results from PREMs and PROMs are equally weighted with other factors such as costs-per-surgery. This may help evaluate health care funding allocations and patient access to services. — Susan, Hip and knee replacement recipient
Using different sources of heath data to assess the value of health care interventions aligns well with the Quintuple Aim — an essential framework for promoting value-based health care approaches.Reference2 This framework assesses the effectiveness of a health system’s performance and incorporates 5 elements:
- Improved patient experience
- Better patient outcomes
- Lower costs
- Improved provider experience
- Overall health equity
The analysis in this report assesses the value of hip and knee replacements from the lens of 4 of the 5 elements of the Quintuple Aim. Provider experience data for hip and knee replacement procedures is not yet available at CIHI, although health care organizations are working in this space to close the gap.
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References
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Public Health Agency of Canada. Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy: Toward a World-Class Health Data System — Expert Advisory Group, Final Report. 2022.
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Nundy S, Cooper LA, Mate KS. The Quintuple Aim for health care improvement: A new imperative to advance health equity. JAMA. 2022.