• Book/Report
  • Published September 2012

Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America.

  • Classic

Smith M, Saunders R, Stuckhardt L, McGinnis JM, eds. Committee on the Learning Health Care System in America, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780309260732.

This Institute of Medicine (IOM) report presents evidence of poor quality care and significant waste (to the tune of an estimated $750 billion per year) in the American health care system. It emphasizes the importance of continuous learning—not only from high performing health care systems but also from industries such as manufacturing, banking, and aviation—and highlights the role of mobile technologies and electronic health records in continuously improving health care.

Available at Disclaimer Free full text Disclaimer Summary (PDF) Disclaimer Related news article Disclaimer

Related Resources

Journal Article › Commentary

Kaiser Permanente's performance improvement system, part 4: creating a learning organization.

Schilling L, Dearing JW, Staley P, Harvey P, Fahey L, Kuruppu F. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:532-543.

Special or Theme Issue

The safety and quality of health care: where are we now?

Med J Aust. 2006;184:S37-S72.

Journal Article › Commentary

Blame: what does it look like?

Duthie EA. Nurs Manage. 2018;49:18-21.

Journal Article › Study

Developing a learning health system: insights from a qualitative process evaluation of a pharmacist-led electronic audit and feedback intervention to improve medication safety in primary care.

Jeffries M, Keers RN, Phipps DL, et al. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0205419.

Press Release/Announcement

Measurement and Monitoring of Safety in Canada: CPSI Safety Improvement Project.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

Book/Report

Procuring Interoperability: Achieving High-Quality, Connected, and Person-Centered Care.

Pronovost P, Johns MME, Palmer S, et al, eds. Washington, DC: National Academy of Medicine; 2018. ISBN: 9781947103122.

Book/Report

A Patient-Safe Future.

Patient Safety Learning: London, UK; September 2018.

Journal Article › Commentary

Using learning communities to support adoption of health care innovations.

Carpenter C, Hassell S, Mardon R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44:566-573.

Newspaper/Magazine Article

Agent of change.

Gale SF. Chief Learning Officer. July/August 2018;17:22-25.

Journal Article › Commentary

Changing how we think about healthcare improvement.

Braithwaite J. BMJ. 2018;361:k2014.

Journal Article › Review

Incident learning in radiation oncology: a review.

Ford EC, Evans SB. Med Phys. 2018;45:e100-e119.

Journal Article › Study

Using a network organisational architecture to support the development of Learning Healthcare Systems.

Britto MT, Fuller SC, Kaplan HC, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018;27:937-946.

Journal Article › Commentary

IDEA4PS: the development of a research-oriented learning healthcare system.

Moffatt-Bruce S, Huerta T, Gaughan A, McAlearney AS. Am J Med Qual. 2018;33:420-442.

Perspectives on Safety

In Conversation With… Paul H. O'Neill, MPA

Perspectives on Safety

Workplace Safety in Health Care

Ross W. Simon and Elena G. Canacari, RN

Journal Article › Commentary

Safety lessons from the NIH Clinical Center.

Gandhi TK. N Engl J Med. 2016;375:1705-1707.

Journal Article › Study

Perceived factors associated with sustained improvement following participation in a multicenter quality improvement collaborative.

Stone S, Lee HC, Sharek PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42:309-319.

Journal Article › Commentary

An organizational learning framework for patient safety.

Edwards MT. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32:148-155.

Journal Article › Commentary

Fifteen years after To Err Is Human: a success story to learn from.

Pronovost PJ, Cleeman JI, Wright D, Srinivasan A. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25:396-399.

Journal Article › Study

An organisation without a memory: a qualitative study of hospital staff perceptions on reporting and organisational learning for patient safety.

Sujan M. Reliab Eng Syst Saf. 2015;144:45-52.

Journal Article › Commentary

Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: the Health IT Safety Framework.

Singh H, Sittig DF. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25:226-232.

Journal Article › Commentary

Reducing surgical errors: implementing a three-hinge approach to success.

Landers R. AORN J. 2015;101:657-665.

Book/Report

Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration.

Tucker AL. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School; November 19, 2012. (Revised September 2013). HBS Working Paper No. 13-044.

Journal Article › Study

Using four-phased unit-based patient safety walkrounds to uncover correctable system flaws.

Taylor AM, Chuo J, Figueroa-Altmann A, DiTaranto S, Shaw KN. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:396-403.

Journal Article › Study

Long-term reduction in adverse drug events: an evidence-based improvement model.

Gazarian M, Graudins LV. Pediatrics. 2012;129:e1334-e1342.

View More
Back to Top