The quintuple aim for health care improvement: A new imperative to advance health equity
By Shantanu Nundy, MD, MBA; Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH; Kedar S. Mate, MD | January 21, 2022
The quintuple aim for health care improvement: A new imperative to advance health equity
Disparities in healthcare have been present and known for many years. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on these gaps in how people experience care, forcing practitioners, health care leaders and policy makers to address these profound health inequities and provide healthcare for all.
In this article in JAMA, Accolade chief medical officer Dr. Shantanu Nundy, alongside healthcare experts and co-authors Dr. Lisa A. Cooper and Dr. Kedar S. Mate, lays out a clear pathway to including health equity as an imperative goal in the healthcare field. The authors propose expanding the Triple and Quadruple Aims and creating the Quintuple Aim to address these long-standing health inequities in our society.