07 de desembre 2010

El focus en els resultats

Toward an Outcomes-Based Health Care System. A View From the United Kingdom

Al JAMA resulta inusual trobar articles sobre altres sistemes de salut que no sigui el nordamericà. Aquesta setmana hi ha una reflexió sobre l'enfoc que ha d'adoptar el NICE davant les noves propostes. És un article curt amb referències desiguals i amb l'oblit als estils de vida. Però em quedo amb aquesta frase:
Over the next 20 years, improving the organization of health care will have more effects on health status than new drug or technology discoveries. The potential to drive step changes in results through better organization of care (by systematically linking reliable processes to techniques of change management) is now well described. However, better organization of care in particular communities is a further frontier—demanding a multidisciplinary approach of a different order not only across all specialties of health care professionals, but going beyond biomedicine to include disciplines as diverse as anthropology, sociology, and engineering.

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