SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE Institute of Medicine are transforming health care as we
know it today. In 1999, a landmark report entitled To Err Is Human focused on the elimination of paper-based medical records to help reduce medical
errors.
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A year later, Crossing the Quality Chasm followed up with a report pointing out how innovation and information technology
can improve the quality of our outdated health care system.
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To help cross that chasm, the Institute of Medicine published another report focusing
on educating the next generation of health care professionals.
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As outlined in Health Professions Education, A Bridge to Quality, patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, quality-improvement approaches,
and informatics will all be necessary to improve health care in the future.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Biography
E. J. Ayres is deputy chief, Laboratory for Informatics Development, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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J. L. Greer-Carney is director of nutrition services, Concord Hospital, Concord, NH.
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P. E Fatzinger McShane is director, Dietetic Internship, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD.
Biography
A. Miller is clinical analyst II, UHS, Clinical Systems, Johnson City, NY.
Biography
P. Turner is an assistant professor, Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics and Director, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
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Published online: November 20, 2012
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STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
FUNDING/SUPPORT This work was supported by the Laboratory for Informatics Development, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
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