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October Meeting Materials



     Agenda1008
     Minutes092108
     Medical Costs Improvement prioritiesOct08
     Ideagenerationsummary
     1Growth of US Health Care Expenditures
     2 Bending the Curve Commonwealth Fund
     3 IOM Report Brief--Crossing the Quality Chasm A New Health System for the 21st Century

1) The Commonweatlh Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Slowing the Growth of U.S Health Care Expenditures: What are the options?
(New York: The Commonwealth Fund, January 2007), *pgs. 1-28*.
*pgs. 9-16 = system improvements, pgs 17-19 = admin/margin discussion, pgs
22-24 = primary care, pgs. 24-25 = HIT

2) The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Bending the Curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in U.S.
Health Spending. (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, December 2007), *Executive
summary (pgs. ix - xxii)*.

3) Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System
for the 21st Century. (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2001). *pgs
1-8*

 


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