Crossing the quality chasm : a new health system for the 21st century / Committee on Quality Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine
By: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Quality of Health Care in America.
Series: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: xx, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780309072809.Subject(s): Medical care -- United States | Health care reform -- United States | Medical care -- United States -- Quality control | Health Care Reform -- methods -- United States | Quality of Health Care -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Also available via the World Wide Web| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA395.A3 I5557 2001 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007564 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
A new health system for the 21st century -- Improving the 21st-century health care system -- Formulating new rules to redesign and improve care -- Taking the first steps -- Building organizational supports for change -- Applying evidence to the evidence to health care delivery -- Using information technology -- Aligning payment policies with quality improvement -- Preparing the workforce
"This is the second and final report of the Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America, which was appointed in 1998 to identify strategies for achieving a substantial improvement in the quality of health care delivered to Americans. The committee's first report, 'To err is human: building a safer health system', was released in 1999 and focused on a specific quality concern - patient safety. This second report focuses more broadly on how the health care delivery system can be designed to innovate and improve care"--Page ix
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