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U.S. Health Care System Wastes $750B Annually, Report Finds
Date:9/6/2012

he knowledge and tools to improve the health system so it can provide better quality care at lower cost, the report authors said.

"The threats to Americans' health and economic security are clear and compelling, and it's time to get all hands on deck," report committee chairman Mark Smith, president and CEO of California HealthCare Foundation, said in the news release.

"Our health care system lags in its ability to adapt, affordably meet patients' needs and consistently achieve better outcomes," Smith said. "But we have the know-how and technology to make substantial improvement on costs and quality. Our report offers the vision and road map to create a learning health care system that will provide higher quality and greater value."

The Blue Shield of California Foundation, Charina Endowment Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored the report.

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The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers patient tips for navigating the health care system.

-- Robert Preidt

SOURCE: Institute of Medicine, news release, Sept. 6, 2012


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