"From the perspective of an employer and that of an innovative health product company, the need is clear to understand the sources of waste in health care and to focus attention and incentives on the right care for each patient. The IOM has performed an important service in bringing together different perspectives, which, not individually but collectively, offer possible solutions to lowering health care costs, while improving outcomes and fostering valued innovation."---David R. Brennan Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca PLC"With the first phase of comprehensive health care reform, addressing access, now completed, the Institute of Medicine has turned its attention to the remaining challenges---how to improve quality while constraining costs. This report provides a compelling case for not only the necessily for further reform, but clearly outlines feasible strategies for success."---John W. Rowe, M.D. Former Chairman and CEO, Aetna, Inc. Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health"The insights gathered by the Institute of Medicine capture the importance of engaging patients in the health care conversation. It is only with patient involvement that we will identify the right mix of strategies to create a value-based delivery system that addresses the major cost drivers of health care, and improves the quality of health care and individual health outcomes."---Mryl Weinberg, CAE President, National Health Council"In drawing on the collective leadership and knowledge of the nation's foremost policy experts, this volume is testimony to ability of the Institute of Medicine to provide a framework and venue for stakeholders from different sectors to better understand the complex issues that are central to controlling unsustainable health costs."---Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A. President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Read Less