Medicare : New Directions in Quality Assurance Proceedings

This book contains chapters and commentaries by members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee and by outstanding practitioners, researchers, legislators, and policymakers about the IOM's proposals for new directions in quality assurance as specified in Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance, Volumes 1 and 2. Sections of this new book address ideas about how to move toward increasing professionalism, implementing orgranization and system-focused quality improvement, better decision making by patients and clinicians, patient outcomes orientation, and public accountability and program evaluation.

Other sections explore research questions and capacity building in the field of quality assessment and improvement, the epidemiology and quality problems, and legal issues in quality assessment. Table of ContentsFront MatterPart 1: Introduction1.

Introduction2. The Institute of Medicine ReportPart 2: New Directions: More Professionalism, LessRegulation3.

The Committee View4. A ResponsePart 3: New Directions: Organization- and System-Focused QualityImprovement5.

The Committee View6. A ResponsePart 4: New Directions: Improved Decision-Making by Patients andClinicians7.

The Committee View8. A ResponsePart 5: New Directions: A Patient Outcomes Orientation9.

The Committee View10. A ResponsePart 6: New Directions: Public Accountability and ProgramEvaluation11.

The Committee View12. A ResponsePart 7: Confronting Special Implementation Issues13.

The Epidemiology of Quality Problems14. Legal Concerns15. Translating the Institute of Medicine ReportPart 8: New Directions: The Research, Training, and CapacityBuilding Agendas16.

Research and Capacity Building: Issues Raised by the Instituteof Medicine Report17.

The Research Agenda: An Outside View18. The Training and Capacity Building Agendas: An Outside ViewPart 9: Response to the Institute of Medicine ReportRecommendations19.

A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report20.

A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report21.

A Physician's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report22.

An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Reportfrom the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research23.

An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Reportfrom the Health Care Financing Administration24.

A Peer Review Organization Response to the Institute ofMedicine ReportPart 10: Where Do We Go From Here?25.

Where Do We Go From Here?26. Where Do We Go From Here?List of Authors