Welcome to my blog experiment
Welcome to the new HQP blog. My aim for this blog is to productively stimulate a dialogue and exchange of ideas about how to redesign the American health care delivery system to be more effective in improving the health of our communities (see the about this blog page). The existing American health care system provides too few incentives or support needed to reorganize care delivery in ways that will improve the health of whole communities or vulnerable sub-populations; e.g., chronically ill older adults. The cost in dollars and needless human suffering is significant. Progress made to date has come about through collaboration, shared purpose, and a willingness to explore and test new possibilities on the part of dedicated and passionate health care providers and organizations, community resources, patients, and their families. When short-term organizational or personal self-interest is the primary determinant of health care delivery system behavior, our communities suffer. Too often, competition between the actors in our health care delivery system leads to isolated silos, high cost, fragmented care, poor quality and poor health outcomes. When there is a willingness to work collaboratively, great improvements and remarkable breakthroughs are possible.
To productive collaboration!
Ken
Ken Coburn, MD, MPH
CEO & Medical Director
Health Quality Partners
Hello Ken,
Great blog, hope more people become aware of what you are doing. I only know of your company because HQP has offered the Stronger Seniors Chair Exercise Program as a preventative measure against aging, disease and injury.
Now there’s a novel way to reduce healthcare costs!
Many thanks for all that you do to educate and inform the healthcare industry.