Application: Institute of Medicine Reports

Application: Institute of Medicine Reports


Application: Institute of Medicine Reports



The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose work has helped draw attention to quality concerns in health care. Two IOM reports, To Err is Human and Crossing The Quality Chasm, particularly stand out for the provocative effect that they have had on quality improvement efforts.



To prepare for this Application, review this week's Learning Resources, including the executive summaries of the two IOM reports and the article "Patient Safety at Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps."

Foundational principles related to patient safety (one of the six dimensions of quality) are addressed in this chapter.

•Report: Institute of Medicine. (1999). To err is human. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/lib/waldenu/docDetail.action?docID=10038653



The Assignment



Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: (Make sure keep the heading as bold and write the information under the heading)

 •From your perspective as a health care professional and/or consumer, summarize two or three of the most important messages of the IOM reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm.

•Analyze at least two of the changes proposed in these reports, and explain how they are expected to contribute toward the desired improvements.

•Briefly assess some of the challenges related to these changes. (Select at least one challenge for each change you have chosen to focus on.)