The 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit : A Focus on Communities: Report of a Summit

Presents a report on a series of studies generated by the Institute of Medicine dedicated to improving the quality and safety of health care. Discusses in-depth the transformation of our current healthcare delivery system, with particular emphasis on safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity. Softcover. This report provides a synthesis of the outcomes of the summit, and is not intended to contain an exhaustive review of the literature for all of the topics discussed. Its content reflects the committee's commitment to carrying out its charge, which was to plan and execute a national summit focused on the vision of the Quality Chasm report for improving quality of care for a targeted set of conditions at both the community and national levels. A number of additional issues beyond this charge were discussed by the committee during its deliberations and by some summit participants, but are not captured in this follow-up report. Among others, these include how to enhance public health infrastructure and integrate it effectively into the personal health care system; how clinical education must be transformed so that health care professionals are best prepared to practice in a transformed system; and how clinicians, particularly physicians, can be engaged in quality improvement efforts. Copyright 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

In January 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) hosted the 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit, convening a group of national and community health care leaders to pool their knowledge and resources with regard to strategies for improving patient care for five common chronic illnesses. This summit was a direct outgrowth and continuation of the recommendations put forth in the 2001 IOM report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. The summit's purpose was to offer specific guidance at both the community and national levels for overcoming the challenges to the provision of high-quality care articulated in the Quality Chasm report and for moving closer to achievement of the patient-centerd health care system envisioned therein.

Introduction -- Measurement -- Information And Communications Technology -- Care Coordination -- Patient Self-management Support -- Finance -- Coalition Building -- Condition-specific Action Plans -- Next Steps. Committee On The Crossing The Quality Chasm: Next Steps Toward A New Health Care System, Board On Health Care Services ; Karen Adams, Ann C. Greiner, And Janet M. Corrigan, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Issued Online. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. In January 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) hosted the 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit, convening a group of national and community health care leaders to pool their knowledge and resources with regard to strategies for improving patient care for five common chronic illnesses. This summit was a direct outgrowth and continuation of the recommendations put forth in the 2001 IOM book