Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare.
La Regina M, Federici L, Bianco A, et al. Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare. Int J Qual Health Care. 2024;36(3):mzae087. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzae087.
Value-based health care is still evolving as a safety improvement strategy. This commentary describes how value-based care could improve safety, equity, and the patient-focus of care delivery. The authors posit that care teams should work to embed human factors engineering in the design of processes supporting care delivery to enhance value.