Tag: high value care

High-Value Care for Long-Term Ventilatory Care Patients

Achieving High-Value Care Through the Enhanced Respiratory Care Program

At the recent Institute for Healthcare Improve Forum on December 10–13, 2023, in Orlando, FL, the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health Safety was invited to present on our Enhanced Respiratory Care program.

The Enhanced Respiratory Care program is based on standards published by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), which achieved liberation rates of 65%. The Enhanced Respiratory Care Program is endorsed and supported by the AARC.

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Can Patient Safety Be Profitable? PPAHS Presents at JHU’s Architecture of High Value Health Care Conference

From the Desk of the Executive Director on patient safety and profitability.

By Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)

Are Patient Safety and Profits a Zero-Sum Game?

As a patient safety advocate, I am often asked the question – “Can patient safety be profitable?” Or, another way that this question is asked is – “Is it profitable to be patient-safe?”

There is an assumption behind this question that first needs to be acknowledged – simply by asking the question, the underlying assumption is that making money (being profitable) goes against keeping patients safe. It is as though profits and patient safety are in a zero-sum game – when one goes up, the other goes down.

Patient Safety Can Be a Win for Profits

So, what’s the answer to the question – “Can patient safety be profitable?” 

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