Accelerating improvement through systems engineering

"Through implementation of these strategies [outlined in the document], systems tools and methods can play a major role in improving the value of the health-care system and improving the health of all Americans."

Better health care and lower costs: Accelerating improvement through systems engineering
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Executive Office of the President of the United States
May 2014

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How can payment systems help to deliver better care?

"Based on a review of the English NHS experience of Payment by Results (PbR) and international experience of similar, activity-based payment systems, this report identifies five general lessons about payment systems, draws some conclusions about whether our current Payment by Results system is fit for purpose in view of current and future challenges and presents options for how reforms to PbR could be taken forward."

Payment by results: how can payment systems help to deliver better care?
J Appleby, T Harrison, L Hawkins, A Dixon
The King's Fund
October 2012

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