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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(4):258-259; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.4.258
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 4, 258-259, February 19, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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U.S. Falls Short of Top-Notch Health Care, Report Says

James Schultz

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America’s health care system is far from achieving its potential to be among the world’s best, according to the authors of a report issued in January by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).


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  		In its recent report, the Institute of Medicine identified 20 areas in which sustained effort could "transform the entire health care system."

 
"We have extraordinary knowledge and capacity to deliver the best care in the world, but we repeatedly fail to translate that knowledge and capacity into clinical practice," the authors wrote in "Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality." "Although the health care workforce is trying hard to deliver the best care, those efforts are doomed to failure with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Areas of Improvement

Two Cancer-Specific Areas

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