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From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider

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Bodenheimer, T., Sinsky, C.·2014·The Annals of Family Medicine

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The Triple Aim-enhancing patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs-is widely accepted as a compass to optimize health system performance. Yet physicians and other members of the health care workforce report widespread burnout and dissatisfaction. Burnout is associated with lower patient satisfaction, reduced health outcomes, and it may increase costs. Burnout thus imperils the Triple Aim. This article recommends that the Triple Aim be expanded to a Quadruple Aim, adding the goal of improving the work life of health care providers, including clinicians and staff.

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  • The Quadruple Aim Framework proposes that optimizing health system performance should involve simultaneously pursuing four interdependent objectives: population health, patient experience, provider experience, and per capita costs.

    “This framework proposes that the optimization of the performance of the health system should involve simultaneously pursuing four interdependent objectives: population health, experience of receiving care (patients), experience of providing care (providers), and per capita costs.”
  • The rise in attention to burnout in HCPs was solidified in 2014 when Bodenheimer and Sinsky established the Quadruple Aim, calling for improvement of HCP burnout and work life as essential for the functioning of the health-care system overall.

    “The rise in attention to burnout in HCPs was solidified in 2014 when Bodenheimer and Sinsky established the Quadruple Aim, calling for improvement of HCP burnout and work life as essential for the functioning of the health-care system overall.10”

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  1. [9]9. The Second Annual Practice Profitability Index. 2014 Edition. Care- Cloud. http://on.carecloud.com/rs/carecloud/images/PPI-Report.pdf. Accessed Aug 14. 2014.
  2. [20]20. CareerBuilder press release, April 30, 2013. More than one third of employed health care workers plan to look for a new job this year. http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleases.aspx. Accessed May 1, 2014.

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Authors
Bodenheimer, T., & Sinsky, C.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • American Medical Association (US)
Venue
The Annals of Family Medicine
Published
2014-11-01
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
573-576
ISSN
  • 1544-1709 (ISSN-L)
  • 1544-1717
OpenAlex
W2161424516
Cited by
3,462
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 209 · 2025: 297 · 2024: 383 · 2023: 434 · 2022: 398 · 2021: 461 · 2020: 377 · 2019: 356 · 2018: 261 · 2017: 169 · 2016: 85 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
167.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Annals of Family Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Keywords
Quadruple Aim, Triple Aim, physician burnout, healthcare workforce, patient experience, population health, health care costs, work-life balance, clinician well-being, patient satisfaction
MeSH terms
Burnout, Professional, Cost Control, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Nurses, Patient Care Team, Personnel Turnover, Physicians, Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Quality of Life, Health Care Costs, Patient Satisfaction, Professional Role

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