Speaking Their Language: Developing a Scorecard for Medical-Legal Partnerships to Balance Quality and Productivity
Publication Title
International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-13-2015
Abstract
Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) are inter-professional community collaborations among physicians, lawyers, healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and other professionals. Medical-legal partnerships seek to improve health and address the social determinants of health by integrating lawyers and legal services into the daily practice of healthcare delivery. This article will demonstrate how medical-legal partnership enhances a healthcare organization’s ability to address the “six aims for improvement” identified by the Institute of Medicine’s report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the Twenty-first Century. In addition, by incorporating medical-legal partnership quality indicators into an organization’s scorecard, both the healthcare organization and the medical-legal partnership work in concert to reduce health disparities, and increase productivity and performance.
Recommended Citation
Sylvia B. Caley, Speaking Their Language: Developing a Scorecard for Medical-Legal Partnerships to Balance Quality and Productivity, Int'l J. Health, Wellness & Society, 5:3, 9-17 (with Robert Pettignano and Lisa Bliss) (Sept. 2015)
Institutional Repository Citation
Sylvia B. Caley, Robert Pettignano & Lisa Bliss,
Speaking Their Language: Developing a Scorecard for Medical-Legal Partnerships to Balance Quality and Productivity,
Faculty Publications By Year
2249
(2015)
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/faculty_pub/2249
DOI
10.18848/2156-8960/cgp/v05i03/41112
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
9
Last Page
17