For Monday, October 17th Lecture – “My Doctor is the Best…Right?”

Link

My Doctor is the Best Right 2011_October – Powerpoint for lecture

1.  Read the Executive Summary from IOM “Crossing the Quality Chasm” report – http://courses.washington.edu/pharm560/CRPC/resource_articles/IOM_1_Crossing.pdf

2.  Read The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., Steven M. Asch, M.D., M.P.H., John Adams, Ph.D., Joan Keesey, B.A., Jennifer Hicks, M.P.H., Ph.D., Alison DeCristofaro, M.P.H., and Eve A. Kerr, M.D., M.P.H.

N Engl J Med 2003; 348:2635-2645June 26, 2003

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa022615#t=references

3.  Find online information about a doctor that has treated someone in your family.