
- Dec 22, 2017
Quality 101 – Part 4: “E” is for Effective
In the first article in this series, we looked at the Institute of Medicine’s STEEEP acronym, which stands for care that is Safe, Timely, Effective, Efficient, Equitable, and Patient-Centered. Effective care is the third pillar. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement describes effectiveness by stating, “(Healthcare) should match science, with neither underuse nor overuse of the best available techniques — every elderly heart patient who would benefit from beta-blockers shou