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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

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It includes social factors (employment, family and social support, income, education), behaviors (diet and exercise, tobacco, alcohol and drugs, sexual activity), and the physical environment (housing, air and water quality, transportation). These barriers could not be addressed with FFS.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Safety in 10 Minutes a Day

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Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. We conducted interviews with staff members in the hospital, nursing home, and rehabilitation center, and conducted an informal survey after the initial exercise.). Kelly Sillaste/Getty Images.