Bethesda, Maryland
Final Meeting
Thursday, March 12, 1998

• Location:
  William Natcher Conference Center (Lower Level) Room E1 & E2
  National Institutes of Health (Building 45)
  45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD

The meeting began at 10:00 a.m. Chapters considered:

• Improving Quality in a Changing Health Care Industry
  • Chapter One: The State of Health Care Quality: How Good Is Care?
  • Chapter Two: Improving Health Care Quality in an Industry in Transition
• Establishing Health Care Quality as a National Priority
  • Chapter Three: Providing Strong Leadership and Clear Aims for Improvement
  • Chapter Four: Advancing Quality Measurement and Reporting
  • Chapter Five: Creating Public-Private Partnerships
• Strengthening the Market to Improve Quality
  • Chapter Six: Encouraging Action by Group Purchasers
  • Chapter Seven: Strengthening the Hand of Consumers
  • Chapter Eight: Focusing on Vulnerable Populations
  • Chapter Nine: Promoting Accountability
  • Revised Draft Chapter Ten: Moving Toward Error Free Health Care
    [This chapter will be available at a later date.]
• Building the Capacity to Improve Quality
  • Chapter Eleven: Fostering Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation
  • Chapter Twelve: Adapting Organizations for Change
  • Chapter Thirteen: Engaging the Health Care Workforce
  • Chapter Fourteen: Investing in Information Systems

On this day, the Commission achieved consensus on the final report to the President. Review of the meeting's proceedings:

• Full Transcription (202K) Agenda
  • Introduction (7K)
  • Report from the Executive Director (4K)
  • Discussion: Draft Chapter Ten: "Reducing the Impact of Errors" (56K)
  • Consideration of the Commission's Final Report to the President (39K)
  • Final Consideration of the Executive Summary and Chapter Ten (97K)

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