Addressing the crisis in US health care: Moving beyond denial

Abstract

A new report published by the Institute of Medicine in November 2002 creates a "game plan" for delivering a new system of health care through a set of demonstration projects in states across the US. The goal is to see these "seeds" grow over the next decade into universally accessible, safe, evidence-based, patient centred care for the US complete with a national health information infrastructure with common operating standards, secure communications, decision support, and knowledge management.