Health Affairs May 20, 2024
Since the introduction of the Triple Aim by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) more than15 years ago, efforts to improve the US health care system have been guided by the goals of enhancing patients’ experience of care, improving population health, and reducing per capita health care spending. In 2022, it was proposed that the Triple Aim framework expand to include two critically important goals: workforce well-being and safety and advancement of health equity. In explaining the rationale for proposing this Quintuple Aim, the IHI’s president and CEO stated that the Triple Aim would not be achievable without attention to these additional imperatives. In this article, we focus on one of the key components of the fourth aim: workforce well-being.
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