Improvement Topic: Triple Aim

Triple Aim

The IHI Triple Aim framework serves as the foundation for optimizing health for individuals and populations by simultaneously improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of the population, and reducing per capita cost of care for the benefit of communities.

IHI first articulated the Triple Aim in 2008 as a provocation and ultimate destination for the high-performing health systems of the future. In subsequent years, the Triple Aim has evolved to also include a focus on the well-being of the health care workforce and advancing health equity — referred to as the Quintuple Aim. In this time of rapid transformation of health care ecosystems, this comprehensive framework has provided leaders with a North Star as they create new value-based, equity-centered models of care for populations that are increasingly heterogeneous and complex. 

Improvement Area: Triple Aim and Population Health

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A Guide to Measuring the Triple Aim
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Improvement Area: Triple Aim and Population Health

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