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States and the federal government should fund the development of quality measures, quality oversight, and technical assistance.
Consumers should be adequately represented at the governance and policymaking levels on all multi-stakeholder entities, such as those advising the Department of Health and Human Services on health
Policymakers should support efforts to eliminate preventable medical injuries and accidents from procedural errors or preventable adverse events.
Federal and state governments should require individual providers and health care facilities (including hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, medical centers or
Performance measures should be developed from evidence-based guidelines.
All public reports should present information grounded in evidence. The information should be clinically important as well as useful and meaningful to the end-users.
Education programs should promote the public’s understanding of the health care system.
Any efforts to address medical malpractice concerns should begin with a patient-centered focus on reducing errors and promoting fair compensation.
Federal and state governments and employers should pursue innovative strategies to reduce health care costs.
Federal and state governments should test and evaluate payment approaches that create incentives for providers to be more efficient and effective and that reward good-quality care.