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      Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

      Committee on Quality of Health Care in America,Institute of Medicine

      Recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system. This work provides principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, and purchasers. It offers a set…

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      Institute of Medicine,Committee on Quality of Health Care in America

      Recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system. This work provides principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, and purchasers. It offers a set…

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      To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System

      Institute of Medicine,Committee on Quality of Health Care in America

      Sets forth a national agenda - with state and local implications - for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This book…

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      Access to Health Care in America

      Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Defines a set of national objectives and identifies indicators - measures of utilization and outcome - that can sense when and where problems occur in accessing specific health care services…

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      Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America

      Committee on the Learning Health Care System in America,Institute of Medicine

      America’s health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Best Care at Lower Cost explains that inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other…

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      Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality

      Committee on Enhancing Federal Healthcare Quality Programs,Institute of Medicine

      The federal government operates six major health care programs that serve nearly 100 million Americans. This book explores how the federal government can leverage its unique position as regulator, purchaser…

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      Advancing Oral Health in America

      Committee on an Oral Health Initiative,Institute of Medicine

      Though it is highly preventable, tooth decay is a common chronic disease both in the United States and worldwide. Evidence shows that decay and other oral diseases may be associated…

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      Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America

      Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance,Board on Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Deals with the consequences of uninsurance in the United States, and illustrates some of the economic and social losses of maintaining people without health insurance. This fifth book in the…

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      Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care

      Committee on Improving Quality in Long-Term Care,Division of Health Care Services,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This…

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      Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment: Phase II: Implications for Access, Quality, and Efficiency

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Geographic Adjustment Factors in Medicare Payment

      Medicare, the world’s single largest health insurance program, covers more than 47 million Americans. Although it is a national program, it adjusts payments to hospitals and health care practitioners according…

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      Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health

      Offers an assessment of managed care for behavioral health and a framework for purchasing, delivering, and ensuring the quality of behavioral health care. This book presents objective analysis of the…

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      Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population

      Presents a conceptual framework for improving the quality of cancer care. This study proposes improvements to six interconnected components of care: engaged patients; an adequately staffed, trained, and coordinated workforce…

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      Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education

      Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the Department of Health…

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