Denver Health: a high-performance public health care system
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Nuzum, Rachel. McCarthy, Douglas. Gauthier, Anne. Beck, Christina. Commission on a High Performance Health System. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Planning -- organization & administration Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- organization & administration Public Health Practice Adolescent Adult Child Community Health Planning -- methods Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- economics Efficiency, Organizational Health Manpower Immunization Programs -- organization & administration Immunization Programs -- statistics & numerical data Immunization Schedule Information Systems Managed Care Programs -- economics Medicaid -- organization & administration Organizational Case Studies Safety Management -- organization & administration Vaccination -- statistics & numerical data Humans Colorado United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Denver Health, a comprehensive and integrated medical system that is Colorado's largest health care safety-net provider, has a national reputation as a high-performance organization. Members of The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System observed Denver Health during a site visit in March 2006, to assess its operation and determine whether it might serve as a model for other public and private health care systems around the country. The Commission concluded that Denver Health is indeed a "learning laboratory." It has succeeded at providing coordinated care to the community, promoting a culture of continuous quality improvement, adopting new technology and incorporating it into everyday practice, taking risks and making mid-course corrections, and providing leadership and support--and accepting accountability--both at the top and throughout the organization. Moreover, it has accomplished these objectives and others in straightforward ways that could be adapted elsewhere.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101317140 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101317140