Let's Get Away from these "Sayings"
Cristie Upshaw Travis
Advisor, Project Contributor, Lecturer, Former Co-CEO HealthCareTN
Looking at this through the patient's eyes, here are just a few of the "sayings" I would like to work out from the health care discussion:
(1) High Cost Claimant. The patient is not a high cost claimant. The patient is someone that needed a lot of expensive care. The high cost claimant is really the health care system that often charges excessively high prices and claims that you owe them the money!
(2) High Stakes Measures. Referring to quality measures that impact health care provider payments as "high stakes" measures is really insulting to patients. The highest stakes are always held by the patient. They are the ones who suffer, potentially die, and often due to preventable medical mistakes. They have the highest stakes in the transaction period, not the providers.
(3) Patient Compliance. Patients are often blamed for poor outcomes. Sure, I realize that patient's play a significant role in their own health and healthcare outcomes. However, we deserve a system that effectively/successfully prepares and supports patients in taking appropriate personal responsibility.
What are some of your "sayings" would you like to get rid of in the health care discussion?
Director at Bellingham Research Institute
1 年A great list, Christie. You are a great patient advocate.
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1 年Combining the disparate concepts of reusable and disposable to create “reposable” to describe a medical instrument limited to a specific number of uses. It’s reusable or it’s not. Define it please.
Passionate patient advocate who believes trust & relationships are key to a thriving healthcare system. Author and Entrepreneur dedicated to improving our nation’s healthcare system and women’s health in midlife.
1 年Skin in the game. As patients we literally have skin in the game :)
Enjoying the good life
1 年Well in the same vein… risk adjusted… the patient’s risk isn’t adjusted…
President & CEO, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM); Consultant, Momentum Health Strategies LLC
1 年Amen Cristie Travis