Patients charting the course
Subtitle: citizen engagement and the learning health system : workshop summary
By: Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care ; LeighAnne Olsen, Robert S. Saunders, and J. Michael McGinnis, editors and rapporteurs ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Olsen, LeighAnne; Saunders, Robert S.; McGinnis, J. Michael
Series: Learning health system series; Learning health system series
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780309149938
Subjects: Safety measures; Government policy; Patient participation; Cost of Medical care; Congresses; Medical economics; Medical care; Health; Quality
Description: "As past, current, or future patients, the public should be the health care system's unwavering focus and serve as change agents in its care. Taking this into account, the quality of health care should be judged not only by whether clinical decisions are informed by the best available scientific evidence, but also by whether care is tailored to a patient's individual needs and perspectives. However, too often it is provider preference and convenience, rather than those of the patient, that drive what care is delivered. As part of its Learning Health System series of workshops, the Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care hosted a workshop to assess the prospects for improving health and lowering costs by advancing patient involvement in the elements of a learning health system"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: The learning health system; title: Clinical research, patient care, and learning that is real-time and continuous; title: Clinical data as a public good for discovery; title: Engaging patients to improve science and value in a learning health system; title: Health information technology as the engine for learning; title: Patients, clinical decisions, and health information management in the information age; title: Applying evidence for patient-centered care : standards and expectations; title: Team-based care and the learning culture; title: Incentives aligned with value and learning; title: Common themes and opportunities for action.