Why Financial Incentives Oppose Quality Improvement Projects in Healthcare – The Health Care Blog
When I attended the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 2024 annual forum in Orlando, Florida, one of the best parts of the conference, as always, was talking to the other attendees. Every time I would sit down to eat a meal or sit down in a session, I would talk to the people around me. And I heard about so many different quality improvement (QI) projects! After several conversations, I started to notice a pattern: Many of the projects were fighting an uphill battle because they were going against