There is inherent value in both engaging resident physicians in system-level improvement
efforts and teaching quality improvement to these learners during their training.
The Institute of Medicine’s report, To Err is Human, placed patient safety and quality improvement in the national spotlight by identifying
how tens of thousands of patients die each year from medical error in U.S. hospitals.
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To address the extensive quality problems raised in To Err is Human, the follow-up report from the Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm, redirected the focus of health care delivery by outlining 6 major dimensions of
quality care (patient-centered, safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and timely)
and challenged health care organizations to improve performance in these areas.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: October 04, 2011
Accepted:
August 20,
2011
Received:
August 19,
2011
Footnotes
Conflict-of-interest disclosure: James Moses, MD, MPH is a faculty advisor to The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Open School.
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