by Proctor P. Reid; W. Dale Compton; Jerome H. Grossman;
Gary Fanjiang; Editors, Committee on Engineering and the
Health Care System
 This
joint study by the NAE and Institute of Medicine (IOM), includes
findings and recommendations for building a strong partnership
between engineers and health care professionals to address the
crises facing health care delivery in the United States. |
by Board on Health Care Services (HCS)
 Representing
nearly 20 percent of the population, rural communities are rich
in cultural diversity. However, the smaller, poorer, and more
isolated a rural community is, the more difficult it is to
ensure the availability of high-quality health services. This
report examines the quality of health care in rural America. |
by Board on Health Care Services (HCS)
 This
report synthesizes the strategies and action plans developed at
the of the 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit and
presents commitments made by national level organizations or
"national champions".
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by Board on Health Care
Services (HCS), Institute of Medicine (IOM)
 A
report that describes a detailed plan to facilitate the
development of data standards applicable to the collection,
coding, and classification of patient safety information. This
report addresses key areas related to the establishment of a
national health information infrastructure.
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by Board on Health Care Services (HCS), Institute of
Medicine (IOM)
 This
report identifies actions by Academic Health Centers (AHCs), as
well as public policy steps, that will enable AHCs to respond to
current trends; it also describes three strategic management
systems that all AHCs will need to establish to enable a more
coordinated and cohesive system.
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by Institute of Medicine (IOM)
 This
report calls for fundamental change to close the
quality gap, recommends a redesign of the American health care
system, and provides overarching principles for specific
direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians,
regulators, purchasers, and others.
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by Institute of Medicine (IOM)
 Reports
on medical errors and their consequences. Rather than pointing
fingers at individual health care professionals, they set out a
national agenda, with state and local implications, for reducing
medical errors and improving patient safety by designing a safer
health system.
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by Institute of Medicine (IOM)
In its first edition, this text presented a blueprint for
introducing the computer-based patient record. This revised
edition adds further information to the original text, such as recent developments,
privacy and confidentiality issues, the need for training, legal
barriers to CPRs, and other key topics.
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