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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

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The National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare, of which I am a founding member, is piloting a system of metrics for well-being developed by J. Measuring staff well-being and clinician resilience before and after a new technology or process improvement is deployed is essential to eradicating burnout. Yet, we are all human.

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

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However, transitioning to a VBC approach involves added infrastructure, training costs, and complexity of delivering care in an environment that mixes fee-for-service and value-based reimbursement. This approach is helping us improve outcomes and reduce cost, which creates a foundation for success regardless of the reimbursement model.

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Do Doctors Get Worse as They Get Older?

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However, this policy has recently come under scrutiny due to its high burden to doctors and the lack of sound evidence that recertification processes improve doctors’ quality of care. Another explanation may be that physicians are most skilled in the few years after residency training.