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Institute of Medicine
National Academy Press, $44.95, pp 364
ISBN 0 309 07280 8
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Even with catchy titles, committee reports are unlikely bestsellers. This one has the background and intention to be different. The committee members, who were appointed by the US National Academy of Science for their creative thinking and knowledge of medicine, healthcare, and commerce, provide excellently researched evidence for the failure of the US healthcare system. They justify radical change and establish six aims and 10 simple rules for a completely different healthcare system. They call for a common purpose and as few simple rules as possible, based on a complex adaptive system model,...