Priority areas for national action : transforming health care quality / Karen Adams and Janet M. Corrigan, editors ; Committee on Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement.

Contributor:

Adams, Karen (Karen M.)

Corrigan, Janet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States--Quality control.

Medical care.

Medical care--United States--Evaluation.

Health planning--United States.

Health planning.

Health surveys--United States.

Health surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new release in the Quality Chasm Series, Priority Areas for National Action recommends a set of 20 priority areas that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other groups in the public and private sectors should focus on to improve the quality of health care delivered to all Americans. The priority areas selected represent the entire spectrum of health care from preventive care to end of life care. They also touch on all age groups, health care settings and health care providers. Collective action in these areas could help transform the entire health care system. In addition, the report identifies criteria and delineates a process that DHHS may adopt to determine future priority areas.

Contents:

Criteria for selection

Priority areas for quality improvement

Process for identifying priority areas.

Notes:

"Quality chasm series"--Cover p. 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610183142

9780309133173

0309133173

9781280183140

1280183144

9780309570428

0309570425

OCLC:

923270747