Assessing Progress in Health Care Quality Through the Lens of COVID-19
The 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm from the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine [NAM]) underscored the urgency of fundamentally redesigning health care to bring the benefits of medical science and technology to all US residents. The Chasm report called on all participants in the health care system to unite around achieving 6 aims—care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. The report also described the importance of 3 levels of care: microsystems (eg, care teams) that are patient-centered, knowledge-based, and system...
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