Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly.

  • Mlakar J
  • Johansson, MA, Luis Mier‑y‑Teran‑Romero, Ph.D., Jennita Reefhuis, Ph.D., Suzanne M. Gilboa P
  • and Susan L. Hills, M.B. B
  • et al.
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Abstract

In any field, improving performance and accountability depends on having a shared goal that unites the interests and activities of all stakeholders. In health care, however, stakeholders have myriad, often conflicting goals, including access to services, profitability, high quality, cost containment, safety, convenience, patient-centeredness, and satisfaction. Lack of clarity about goals has led to divergent approaches, gaming of the system, and slow progress in performance improvement. Achieving high value for patients must become the overarching goal of health care delivery, with value defined as the health outcomes achieved per dollar spent.(1) This goal is what matters for patients and unites . . .

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Mlakar, J., Johansson, MA, Luis Mier‑y‑Teran‑Romero, Ph.D., Jennita Reefhuis, Ph.D., Suzanne M. Gilboa, Ph. D., and Susan L. Hills, M.B., B. S., Mlakar, J., Korva, M., Tul, N., … Petersen, L. R. (2016). Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(1), 1–3. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa1600651

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