The need for health care reform has been obvious for some time ...

[geoffrey]

The need for health care reform has been obvious for some time but the implications of the broken U.S. health care delivery system were largely brought to the attention of the public through which famous report?
 
  1. Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Research - Workshop Summary
  2. From Public Health: Revitalizing Law and Policies to Meet New Challenges
  3. To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System
  4. Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020

Question 2

Health policy may at times contribute to negative trends. Certain aspects of U.S. health policy have been blamed for creating or contributing to some of the health problems.
 
  Which of the following are associated with wayward policies? Select all that apply. 1. Lack of clinical and administrative standardization
  2. Fragmented care
  3. Unequal access to care
  4. Turning health problems into marketing opportunities
  5. Failure to curtail costs for services

[voltaire123]

Answer to Question 1

3
Rationale: The Institute of Medicine published the classic report To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System. The data described in the report highlighted the need for immediate action to minimize errors in the health care setting.

Answer to Question 2

1,2,3,4,5
Rationale: The perception that technology is driver of costs rather than tool to better capture efficiencies