Quality and Value-Based Care for the Newbie: Translation Please! (FR451)

The quality improvement and value-based care realms can initially seem daunting. Everyone seems to be speaking a foreign language. Many of the “words” turn out to be acronyms comprised of words that are often not self-explanatory, or even acronyms of acronyms. And then there's Kaizen, Muri, Mura, Muda, etc. Who came up with this communication system? The different graphs, symbols, plots, pictorials, and tables can feel like arts-and-cr afts for science geeks, until you notice each seems to come with its own detailed rules on what goes where and with which symbols.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Amy L. Davis, Rachelle E. Bernacki, Mamta Bhatnagar, Karl A. Lorenz, Kelly L. Wu Source Type: research