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Quality trends and safety culture increasingly shape anesthesiology by prioritizing outcomes and patient satisfaction.
Discusses the impact of patient-centered care, quality metrics, and safety culture on the future of anesthesiology.
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Patient-centered metrics may improve anesthesiology quality and costs; leaves open whether they alter outcomes in routine practice.
The new approach of a patient-centred, appropriate and timely care that was at the heart of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) initiative is changing the face of the healthcare industry in general and, in particular, of anesthesiology as a speciality. The drivers of this change are better quality and decreased healthcare costs, since despite a large expenditure for healthcare, the quality of care has not changed tremendously. Metrics have been identified, derived from the cybernetic model first described by the quality "parent". Donabedian and each of those metrics have both advantages as well as disadvantages. Ultimately the outcome measures are the ones that CMS will hold hospitals accountable for financially as well as from a safety standpoint. The culture of safety and quality as well as methodologies to improve that culture will shape the future of quality of care and improve outcomes and patient satisfaction.
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Teodora Nicolescu (2017) conducted a review in Quality of care in anesthesiology. Quality trends and a culture of safety are shaping the future of healthcare and anesthesiology, with an increasing focus on outcome measures and patient satisfaction.
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