Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New

Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001). 

Pisek, Paul. 2001. Redesigning Health Care with Insights from the Science of Complex Adaptive Systems. In Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington DC National Academy Press. 310-333. 

Institute of Medicine. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm A new health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC National Academies Press. 

Safety is only one aspect of the quality of health care in the U.S. The committee s second report. Crossing the Quality Chasm A New System for the 21st Century, states that fxmdamental changes are needed to achieve an expected level of quality in health care services within the U.S. In Crossing the Quality Chasm, the IQM posits 13 recommendations to health care pro-... 

Creation of Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America To Err Is Human Building a Safer Health System Crossing the Quality Chasm A New System for the 21st Century Created opportunities for pharmacists to provide guidance on system to decrease medical errors Created opportunities for pharmacy organizations to include medical errors on research agendas... 

The Institute of Medicine published a second report, Crossing the Quality Chasm A New Health System for he 21st Century (Institute of Medicine, 2001), that mandates fundamental change in the organization and delivery of health care in America. It criticizes the health care system s failure to translate knowledge into practice, to apply new technology in a safe and effective manner, to make the best use of its resources, and to restructure clinical services to meet the needs of patients. 

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