Pruett S H, Werner T, Hein J
Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Am J Med Qual. 1996 Spring;11(1):S39-41.
In 1991, four companies (Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Cincinnati Bell, and Kroger) located in Cincinnati, OH, decided to cooperate in a collaborative partnership with hospitals and a health care data consulting firm to get more information about the health care options available in their community. The Cincinnati Quality Initiative was formed with the goal of stimulating competition around quality and value in the health care market place. The 14 hospitals in the Cincinnati area were invited to participate in a 3-year program of investigation and analyses. The Initiative implemented the investigation in order to gather information that could be used to make health care choices for their employees. Hospitals that performed well over the 3-year period-those that improved over time-would then be selected by the Initiative. However, this selection process did not occur. Nevertheless, the 3-year evaluation proved useful because it generated valuable information about the health care options in Cincinnati and spurred competition among the hospitals. It also led to a dramatic reduction in health care costs for those hospitals that agreed to participate in the investigation.
1991年，位于俄亥俄州辛辛那提市的四家公司（宝洁公司、通用电气公司、辛辛那提贝尔公司和克罗格公司）决定与医院及一家医疗保健数据咨询公司合作，建立合作伙伴关系，以获取更多关于其所在社区可提供的医疗保健选择的信息。辛辛那提质量倡议应运而生，其目标是激发医疗保健市场围绕质量和价值的竞争。辛辛那提地区的14家医院受邀参与一项为期三年的调查与分析项目。该倡议开展此项调查，以便收集可用于为其员工做出医疗保健选择的信息。在这三年期间表现出色的医院——即那些随着时间推移有所改善的医院——随后将由该倡议选定。然而，这一选择过程并未发生。尽管如此，为期三年的评估仍被证明是有用的，因为它产生了有关辛辛那提市医疗保健选择的宝贵信息，并刺激了医院之间的竞争。它还使那些同意参与调查的医院的医疗保健成本大幅降低。
