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Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance

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Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance

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  1. . Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance Alliance Briefing, June 15, 2007 Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. Member, Commission on a High Performance Health System Associate Dean for Rural Health and Director, Center for Rural Health

  2. Focus On: • The Commission on a High Performance Health System • North Dakota • Systemness • Primary Care

  3. The overarching mission of a high performance health system is to help everyone, to the extent possible, lead long, healthy, and productive lives. (Commission on a High Performance Health System)

  4. Focus on Aiming Higher A high performance health system is designed to achieve: • high quality, safe care • access to care for all people • efficient, high value • system capacity to improve HIGH QUALITY, SAFE, COMPASSIONATE, COORDINATED CARE ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR ALL LONG, HEALTHY, AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES EFFICIENCY CAPACITY FOR SYSTEM AND WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

  5. North Dakota • In top 1/3 of states overall • 85% of adults are insured • In top 10 in unnecessary hospitalizations • Ranked 2nd in Medicare reimbursement per enrollee

  6. About Systemness “Our current methods of organizing and delivering care are unable to meet expectations…because the science and technologies involved in health care – the knowledge, skills, care interventions, devices and drugs - have advanced more rapidly than our ability to deliver them safely, effectively, and efficiently.” (Crossing the Quality Chasm, 2001) Policy Focus

  7. About Primary Care • Health is better in areas where there are more primary care services. • People who receive primary care are healthier. • Costs of care are lower in areas where there are more primary care services. (Starfield, et. al. 2005) Policy Focus

  8. For more information contact:Center for Rural HealthUniversity of North DakotaSchool of Medicine and Health SciencesGrand Forks, ND 58202-9037Tel: (701) 777-3848 Fax: (701) 777-6779http://medicine.nodak.edu/crh Email: mwake@medicine.nodak.edu

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