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Quality, innovation and cost containment

M Macdonald

    The Canadian Nurse
    |March 1, 1993
    PubMed
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    Healthcare change initiatives require meeting quality, innovation, and cost containment criteria. Measuring these aspects ensures beneficial, monitorable, and successful project outcomes.

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    Area of Science:

    • Healthcare Management
    • Health Services Research
    • Business Administration in Healthcare

    Background:

    • The business sector widely uses quality, innovation, and cost containment as core criteria for change.
    • These business principles are highly applicable to the healthcare sector for driving improvements.
    • Effective healthcare reform necessitates a structured approach to implementing change.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the application of business-centric criteria (quality, innovation, cost containment) to healthcare change.
    • To propose a framework for evaluating and monitoring healthcare projects based on these three criteria.
    • To demonstrate how these criteria can ensure the viability and success of healthcare initiatives.

    Main Methods:

    • Conceptual framework development applying business change principles to healthcare.

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  • Emphasis on integrating measurement of quality, innovation, and cost containment from project inception.
  • Utilizing these criteria for ongoing monitoring and final project evaluation.

    • Main Results:

    • Healthcare change projects can be effectively guided by quality, innovation, and cost containment metrics.
    • Early and continuous measurement of these criteria facilitates beneficial change.
    • The chosen criteria serve as a consistent basis for assessing project viability and reporting outcomes.

    Conclusions:

    • Adopting a tripartite framework of quality, innovation, and cost containment is crucial for successful healthcare transformation.
    • Integrating these metrics ensures that healthcare changes are not only implemented but also demonstrably beneficial and sustainable.
    • This approach provides a robust method for managing and evaluating the full lifecycle of healthcare improvement projects.