Crossing+the+Quality+Chasm

= Crossing the Quality Chasm =


 * Definition 1:** Crossing the Quality Chasm, is a comprehensive review of the overall quality of the health care system, including an assessment of its safety and effectiveness and recommendations for a comprehensive strategy for improvement.
 * Source:** @http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22857/
 * Focus:** Health care
 * Date Added:** December 2012


 * Definition 2:** //Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century// is a report prepared by the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America. The report released in March 2001, concludes that merely making incremental improvements in current systems of care will not suffice. //Crossing the Quality Chasm// focuses more broadly on how the health system can be reinvented to foster innovation and improve the delivery of care. The six aims of improvement for healthcare system are built around the need to be:
 * 1) Safe
 * 2) Effective
 * 3) Patient-centered
 * 4) Timely
 * 5) Efficient
 * 6) Equitable

The ten simple rules, or general principles for health system redesign outlined in the report are:
 * 1) Care is based on continuous healing relationships.
 * 2) Care is customized according to patient needs and values.
 * 3) The patient is the source of control.
 * 4) Knowledge is shared and information flows freely.
 * 5) Decision making is evidence-based.
 * 6) Safety is a system property.
 * 7) Transparency is necessary.
 * 8) Needs are anticipated.
 * 9) Waste is continuously decreased.
 * 10) Cooperation among clinicians is a priority.
 * Source:** www.nap.edu/html/quality_chasm/reportbrief.pdf
 * Focus:** Health care
 * Date Added:** December 2012