Initiatives
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Culture of Health
The “Culture of Health” initiativestrives to have the healthcare workforce serve as a model of healthy lifestyles for the rest of the country. Members of PQC are leveraging their positions as employers, providers and workforce leaders to encourage and assist the healthcare workforce to join together to become a model of personal health for the nation.
Through the Culture of Health, PQC has taken on a new role: becoming ambassadors of not only excellent clinical health, but also excellent personal health.
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Workforce Transformation
In recent years, our nation has seen a dramatic shift in best practices for our health care system. Breakthroughs in research, the way care is delivered, and how we deploy the skills of our workforce have carved out a roadmap to achieve improved outcomes for patients at lower cost.
The expansion of coverage and the many payment reforms, pilots, and demonstration projects within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have the potential to catalyze this transformation of our health care delivery system. Developing a workforce ready to deliver coordinated, comprehensive, high quality care was identified as a top concern among health care providers and unions who contribute to PQC.
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Quality Improvement
Under the new health reform law, thirty-two million Americans are gaining access to health coverage and a new focus is being placed on prevention, wellness, and the quality and value of healthcare. Indeed, there are a multitude of new initiatives in the health reform legislation aimed at improving care. The bill contains thousands of references to activities and programs the Department of Health and Human Services must implement to drive toward a more efficient, effective healthcare system in this country. But these are just first steps in implementing a real quality agenda in the American healthcare delivery system. There is more that needs to be done.
The health reform legislation should be the launching pad for a national campaign of individual responsibility for personal health, high quality, efficient delivery system reforms, and a society that truly supports a healthy population.
