Academic Health Centers and the Quintuple Aim of Health Care

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ID21614667
AuthorsTimothy W Farrell (0000-0003-0070-8757, T.W. Farrell is professor of medicine and associate chief for age-friendly care, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, and physician investigator, VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, corresponding author), Annette G Greer (0000-0002-2868-0306, A.G. Greer is associate professor and vice chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Department of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina ; [email protected]), Scott Bennie (0000-0001-7601-452X, S. Bennie is dean of academic affairs, Kettering College, Kettering, Ohio ; [email protected]), Heather Hageman (0000-0003-2372-0580, H. Hageman is director, Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, Washington University Medical Center, a collaboration between Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri ; [email protected]), Andrea Pfeifle (0000-0001-8579-1224, A. Pfeifle is professor of family and community medicine and associate vice chancellor for interprofessional practice and education, The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio ; [email protected])
Year2023
Volume98
Issue5
Pages563-568
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAcademic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1040-2446 • E-ISSN: 1938-808X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/acm.0000000000005031
PMID36255204
OpenAlexW4306701938
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

The Quintuple Aim of health care adds health equity to the existing Quadruple Aim of improving the individual experience of care for patients, improving the health of populations, reducing the per capita cost of care, and improving the experience of health care professionals. Health equity has previously been subsumed within the other 4 aims. Elevating health equity to the status of a distinct aim is necessary to address persistent health inequities that disproportionately affect underrepresented and minoritized groups. Academic health centers (AHCs) bear a unique responsibility to advance health equity due to the societal importance of their 4 missions: patient care, education, research, and community collaboration. Interprofessional education and practice provide natural connection points that enable AHCs to prepare both health professions students and practicing health care professionals to address all 5 aims. AHCs are well positioned to assess health outcomes related to health equity, develop a health care workforce that is representative of their communities, develop innovative research questions regarding health equity, and engage and invest in the communities they serve

Economic growth · Health care · Health education · Health equity · Health promotion · HRHIS · International health · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social determinants of health · Workforce · Innovations in Medical Education · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Health Policy