US, UK Should Collaborate on Healthcare Improvement

A health policy paper published in The Lancet urges healthcare providers and policy makers in the United States and United Kingdom to collaborate on healthcare improvement efforts.

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Despite having significant differences, both systems have recently passed healthcare reform legislation, and the authors urge that collaboration could uncover key learnings for each system.

The paper, co-authored by The Commonwealth Fund’s David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, and Jennifer Dixon, PhD, director of the Nuffield Trust in the U.K., identifies three key areas for “mutual learning”: finance and reimbursement, organization and information technology.

To view the article abstract, click here.

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