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INSTI TUTE O F MEDI CINE ADVANCING THE QUALITY O F HEALTH CARE: KEY ISSUES AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES A Po] icy Statement by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine Augus t 19 7 4 National Academy of Sciences Washington, D. C.
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Committee to Develop a Policy Statement on Mechanisms for Advancing the Quality of Health Care MEMBERS ';Robert J. Haggerty, M.D. (chairman) Professor and Chairman Department of Pediatrics The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York Robert H. Brook, M.D. Medical Officer National Center for Health Services Research and Development Rockville, Maryland - ';E. L. Burwell, M.D. Physician Falmouth, Massachusetts Rick J. Carlson Consultant West Village, Colorado L. W. Coppleson, M.D. Associate Professor Division of Emergency Medicine Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Jay W. Friedman, D.D.S. Dental Director United States Administrators Beverly Hills, California David M. Kessner, M.D. Director Health Services Research Office Georgetown University Washington, D.C. STAFF: Karl Don *Member of Institute of Medicine #Resigned from the committee .';Anne Kibrick, R.N., Ed.D. Professor and Director Department of Nursing Boston State College Boston, Massachusetts Mildred A. Morehead, M.D. Director, Evaluation Unit Department of Community Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York W. B. Nestler, M.D. Medica] Coordinator Overlook Hospital Summit, New Jersey Donald C. Riedel, Ph.D. Professor of Public Health (Medical Care) Health Services Research Program Yale University New Haven, Connecticut '#Lawrence L. Weed, M.D. Professor of Medicine University of Vermont School of Medicine Burlington, Vermont 'Kerr L. White, M.D. Professor Department of Health Care Organization The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health - Baltimore, Maryland D. Yordy E. Detmer, M.D. i