This book contains chapters and commentaries by members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee and by outstanding practitioners, researchers, legislators, and policymakers about the IOM's proposals for new directions in quality assurance as specified in Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance, Volumes 1 and 2.
Sections of this new book address ideas about how to move toward increasing professionalism, implementing orgranization and system-focused quality improvement, better decision making by patients and clinicians, patient outcomes orientation, and public accountability and program evaluation. Other sections explore research questions and capacity building in the field of quality assessment and improvement, the epidemiology and quality problems, and legal issues in quality assessment.
- Cover
- Front Matter
- <b>Part 1: Introduction</b>
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Institute of Medicine Report
- <b>Part 2: New Directions: More Professionalism, Less Regulation</b>
- 3. The Committee View
- 4. A Response
- <b>Part 3: New Directions: Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement</b>
- 5. The Committee View
- 6. A Response
- <b>Part 4: New Directions: Improved Decision-Making by Patients and Clinicians</b>
- 7. The Committee View
- 8. A Response
- <b>Part 5: New Directions: A Patient Outcomes Orientation</b>
- 9. The Committee View
- 10. A Response
- <b>Part 6: New Directions: Public Accountability and Program Evaluation</b>
- 11. The Committee View
- 12. A Response
- <b>Part 7: Confronting Special Implementation Issues</b>
- 13. The Epidemiology of Quality Problems
- 14. Legal Concerns
- 15. Translating the Institute of Medicine Report
- <b>Part 8: New Directions: The Research, Training, and Capacity Building Agendas</b>
- 16. Research and Capacity Building: Issues Raised by the Institute of Medicine Report
- 17. The Research Agenda: An Outside View
- 18. The Training and Capacity Building Agendas: An Outside View
- <b>Part 9: Response to the Institute of Medicine Report Recommendations</b>
- 19. A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report
- 20. A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report
- 21. A Physician's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report
- 22. An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Report from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- 23. An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Report from the Health Care Financing Administration
- 24. A Peer Review Organization Response to the Institute of Medicine Report
- <b>Part 10: Where Do We Go From Here?</b>
- 25. Where Do We Go From Here?
- 26. Where Do We Go From Here?
- List of Authors
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