HAP 417

Read the assigned readings in the textbook, the lecture notes, and the extra assigned articles. Watch the following 3 videos and then answer the 5 questions below. The Triple Aim: Care, Health, and Cost (2:45): http://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/TripleAim/Pages/default.aspx Healthcare Should be a Team Sport (15:52): https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_dishman_health_care_should_be_a_team_sport Accountable Care Organization Pioneers (3:28): https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/aco/

Questions: 1. How would you know if a health system or accountable care organization is sufficiently accountable to its stakeholders?

2. How, if at all, does being an ethical organization differ from being an accountable organization? How does being responsible differ from being accountable?

3. How would you structure an organization to ensure that its culture of accountability is actually enacted?

4. How would you propose to evaluate a CEO for making her healthcare organization sufficiently accountable over of a period of time?

5. Which of the 3 pillars mentioned by Eric Dishman is the most critical for to strengthen within our healthcare system so that our system is accountable to patients? Why do you believe this?