The center will then tie the cost to patient-outcome measures, which will enable it to design a system that improves the quality of outcomes, motivates efficiency and improved capacity utilization, reduces costs, and assures patients and providers that any cost improvements will not reduce the quality of care delivered. The belief is that this kind of intelligent redesign will be less dangerous for patients than the across-the-board cuts of line-item expenses mandated by government and administrative entities.
Intelligent Redesign of Health Care
The MD Anderson Cancer Center is redesigning its care-delivery model to reflect true costs.
October 14, 2013