Category: Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

  • A Brief History of Managed Healthcare: 1970 to present

    The January 1970 issue of Fortune magazine, which focused entirely on healthcare issues and solutions, coincided with a time when healthcare spending was 7% of GDP. As an associate at McKinsey & Company during that period, I was inspired by this issue and by a subsequent meeting with Dr. Paul Ellwood to dedicate my professional…

  • Publicly Reported Health Outcomes: A National Initiative To Improve Care

    Peter A. Wadsworth,  Stephen M. Shortell,  John S. Toussaint (Health Affairs Forefront 7/19/22) In this article, we describe the rationale and design criteria for a public-private approach to improving the quality and value of health care in the United States: a Publicly Reported Health Outcomes (PRHO) program. This long-term, aspirational initiative, focused on results and…