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Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Puget Sound Health Alliance

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Outcomes	Healthier People	Greater Value
Goal	Improved Quality of Care
Strategies	Useful Information	Consistent Incentives
Methods	Agreement on effective treatments Agreement on how to measure value Public report on local healthcare Useful resources and tools	Recognition Benefit design Value-based purchasing Pay for performance for providers Technology adoption
	Creating the Tools and Motivation to Support Quality Improvement

Notes:

Here's another way of looking at the purpose of the Alliance.

One person called the Alliance approach as "using quality improvement as a cost containment strategy"

No doubt about it, we are focused on getting more effective care, more affordable care and greater value for every dollar spent on health care

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