Patients Charting the Course: Citizen Engagement and the Learning Health System: Workshop Summary (Learning Health System: Roundtable on Value & Science-driven Health Care)

Institute Of Medicine; Roundtable On Value And Science-Driven Health Care

ISBN 10: 0309149932 / ISBN 13: 9780309149938

Published by National Academies Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patients Charting the Course: Citizen Engagement and the Learning Health System: Workshop Summary (Learning Health System: Roundtable on Value & Science-driven Health Care)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309149932
• ISBN 13: 9780309149938
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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.