Accountablecareorganisations
A collation of resources by Liz Land, Knowledge Specialist, Health Care Library, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester
Reports and blogs
Accountable care organisations (ACOs) explained
What are accountable care organisations (ACOs) and what needs to be done to ensure they deliver benefits for patients?
The King’s Fund(updated22 March 2016)
What impact do accountable care organisations have on care quality?
“Although the ambitions of the care models in the US may resonate with our intentions here, we would be wise to learn from the early experiences of those who went before us”, says Rachael Addicott.
The King’s Fund Blog24 Aug 2015
Can CCGs become accountable care organisations?
‘We need clinical commissioning groups to become accountable care organisations’ – that’s what Jeremy Hunt said recently in parliament”. But what does this really mean and will it work in practice? Rachael Addicott gives her analysis.
The King’s Fund Blog 14 Aug 2014
Accountable care organisations in the United States and EnglandTesting, evaluating andtThis briefing describes the different types of accountable care organisations emerging in the United States and discusses the implication of these developments for integrated care initiatives in England.
The King’s Fund. March 2014. Rachael Addicott, Nicola Walsh, Chris Ham, Stephen Shortell
Focusing Accountability on the Outcomes that Matter
“In this population-based accountable care model a group of providers are held jointly accountable for achieving a set of outcomes for a prospectively defined population over a period of time and for an agreed cost.” (page 3)
Report of the Accountable Care Working Group 2013.p2
Provider and payment reform in the US: how do Accountable Care Organisations work? Drawing on her work in the United States, Rachael Addicott looks at how Accountable Care Organisations work and what we can learn from them.
The King’s Fund Blog 15 Oct 2012.
Articles
The importance of interprofessional practice and education in the era of accountable care
North Carolina Medical Journal March-April 2016 77:128-32.
Jane Nester.
“In order to succeed in today's health care environment, interprofessional teams are essential. The terms “multidisciplinary care” and “interdisciplinary care” have been replaced by the more contemporary term “interprofessional practice and education” (IPE), which occurs when individuals “from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” This commentary discusses new models of care, team members who contribute to IPE, and incentives and challenges.” (page 1)
Contracting for integrated health and social care: a critical review of four models.
Journal of Integrated Care, 2015.Vol. 23 Iss 3 pp. 153 – 175.
Jenny Billings, Esther de Weger.
“Service transformation of health and social care is currently requiring commissioners to assess the suitability of their contracting mechanisms to ensure goodness of fit with the integration agenda. The purpose of this paper is to provide a description and critical account of four models of contracting, namely Accountable Care Organisations, the Alliance Model, the Lead Provider/Prime Contractor Model, and Outcomes-based Commissioning and Contracting” (page 1).
Includes 3 pages on ACOs.
Accountable care organisations can teach the NHS about integration
HSJ,27 Mar 2014. Chris Ham and Nicola Walsh.
“The American accountable care organisation model has achieved success, but the NHS can improve on it if it acts quickly” (page 1) .
Analysis of Early Accountable Care Organizations Defines Patient, Structural, Cost, and Quality-of-Care Characteristics
Health Affairs, Jan. 2014 33(1):95–102.
This US study identified ACOs that had joined the Medicare programs as of fall 2012 to collect baseline information about their patient populations, quality, hospitals, and costs.
Pharmacists Belong In Accountable Care Organizations And Integrated Care Teams.
Health Affairs, November 2013 32:11 1963-70. Abstract free , but contact your local healthcare library to obtain the full text
Marie Smith, David W. Bates, and Thomas S. Bodenheimer.
Summary
Can US health models fit the NHS?
GP Online, 30 August 2013.
Marina Soteriou
“What would the arrival of US-style accountable care organisations mean for GPs?” (page 1)
Accountable Care Organizations
Health Affairs,November 2012vol. 31(Issue 11)
Includes several articles focussing on ACOs, all full text/pdf.
The rise of the super-practice.
Pulse, 01 October 2015, vol./is. /(6-9), Lind, Sofia
The article’s author comments on a move towards accountable care by initiatives for large GP partnerships.
Can the Accountable Care Organization model facilitate integrated care in England?
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2015, vol./is. 20/4(261-264), 1355-8196
Ahmed, Faheem, Mays, Nicholas, Ahmed, Naeem
Authors argue that by working together, general practice federations and the Academic Health Science Networks could form the basis of accountable care in England.
Clinical risk and integrated care : lessons from accountable care organisations in the United States.
Clinical Risk, 2015, vol./is. 21/4(61-66), 1356-2622
Lennox-Chhugani, Niamh, Horrigan, Dennis, Stein, Doris
Integrated care under the microscope.
Health Service Journal, 2014, vol./is. 124/6386(26-27), 0952-2271
Thiel, Veronika
Author looks at anaccountable care organisation in Cambridge.
Multimedia
Stephen Shortell: Accountable care organisations in the United States and England 2014
Professor Stephen Shortell of the University of California-Berkley, discusses the American model of accountable care organisations at [a] conference on commissioning and contracting for integrated care (The King’s Fund).
Accountable Integrated Care Systems.Right Care,2011
“This presentation introduces the concept of the ‘Accountable Integrated Care System’ and how the six domains within AICS fits (sic) within the Right Care approach.”
Cambridge Accountable Care Organisation,Presentation, 2011.
James Morrow presentation , Nuffield Trust .
An outline of the Cambridge Accountable Care Organisation (ACO) concept.
All URLs accessed by Liz Callow, Outreach Librarian, Bodleian Health Care Libraries on August 3rd 2016.