Patients Charting the Course: Citizen Engagement and the Learning Health System: Workshop Summary

by LeighAnne Olsen, Institute of Medicine, J. Michael McGinnis, et al.

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309149932
• ISBN13: 9780309149938
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 338 Pages