Why Financial Incentives Oppose Quality Improvement Projects in Healthcare

Sometimes I decide to publish articles I write on other blogs first. And this is the first time I’ve published on The Health Care Blog in a while. Thanks to the THCB team!

This is an article about my thoughts in response to attending the 2024 Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum and hearing about so many QI projects that are being obstructed by bad financial incentives in our healthcare system. It can be a resource for those trying to do QI projects–to help them analyze their project and see how financial incentives will impact it (support it or hinder it) and find ways around that. And I also explain the systemwide solution.

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