Crossing the quality chasm : a new health system for the 21st century /

Crossing the quality chasm : a new health system for the 21st century / Committee on Quality Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001. - xx, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1 A New Health System for the 21st Century
2 Improving the 21st-Century Health Care System
3 Formulating New Rules to Redesign and Improve Care
4 Taking the First Steps
5 Building Organizational Supports for Change
6 Applying Evidence to Health Care Delivery
7 Using Information Technology
8 Aligning Payment Policies with Quality Improvement
9 Preparing the Workforce

Appendix
A: Report of the Technical Panel on the State of Quality to the Quality of health Care in America Committee
B: Redesigning Health Care with Insights from the Science of Complex Adaptive Systems

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Medical care--United States.
Health care reform--United States.
Medical care--Quality control.--United States
Health Care Reform--methods--United States.
Quality of Health Care--United States.

WA 525 C951 2001