An Institute of Medicine report lays out strategies to address inefficiencies in the health care system that the authors say have far-reaching effects. Changes such as boosting information access, patient engagement and care equity; increasing use of health IT; improving connectivity; and better assessment of provider performance to limit errors were among the changes the panel said would bolster care quality. “If the care in every state were of the quality delivered by the highest-performing state, an estimated 75,000 fewer deaths would have occurred across the country in 2005,” the report said. Healthcare IT News (9/6), Modern Healthcare (free registration) (9/6), Nurse.com (9/6
IOM report: Technology can fix what’s broken in health care
September 8, 2012 By
