title: Outcome is the new quality.
abstract: Success in tomorrow's healthcare market requires an additional definition of "quality." Safety and service are essential elements of quality but are not sufficient to deliver the results the marketplace is asking for: lower cost and better outcomes. To describe the additional element of quality healthcare, providers need to move toward predictable outcomes.
authors: AmpliPHY Physician Services, USA. rcook@ampliphyps.com
authors: Randy W
authors: RW
authors: Cook
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care