TY - JOUR T1 - IMproving patient care by linking evidence-based medicine and evidence-based management AU - Shortell SM, Rundall TG, Hsu J Y1 - 2007/08/08 N1 - 10.1001/jama.298.6.673 JO - JAMA SP - 673 EP - 676 VL - 298 IS - 6 N2 - Not until about 100 years ago could a typical patient expect to benefit from the medical care provided by a typical physician. Today most patients benefit from medical care, but all patients could benefit more if clinicians routinely provided care consistent with the latest scientific knowledge. One report suggests that only 55% of US adults receive care consistent with current recommendations.1 In 2001, the Institute of Medicine concluded that a chasm lies “between the healthcare we have and the healthcare we should have.”2 Moreover, the results of efforts to improve medical quality have been modest and uneven to date.3 SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.298.6.673 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.6.673 ER -