The Quadruple Aim in Nursing and Healthcare: Improving Care, Lowering Costs, Serving Populations, Elevating Work Life

by Sue Johnson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476640624
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	05/08/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sue Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the author of three books relating Florence Nightingale’s achievements to current and future healthcare issues. She is the founder and principal of RN Innovations LLC, a leadership development company in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Sue Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the author of three books relating Florence Nightingale's achievements to current and future healthcare issues. She is the founder and principal of RN Innovations LLC, a leadership development company in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Table of 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