Twenty years ago, the authors of Crossing the Quality Chasm1 defined what quality in health care should be by articulating six aims for improvement: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), together with multiple health systems, has described and tested a framework, and accompanying guidance documents, for pursuing equity in health care that can serve as a foundation for change References 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
There can be no quality without equity