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PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 15(10) October 2018

Health systems thinking: a new generation of research to improve health care quality

Hannah Leslie and colleagues of the High-Quality Health Commission discuss in this month's Editorial the findings from their report that detail the improvements needed to prevent declines in individuals' health as the scope and quality of health systems increase. Patient-centered care at the population level, improved utility of research products, and innovative reporting tools to help guide the development of new methods are key to improved global healthcare.

Image Credit: Jennifer Pearson, U.S. Air Force

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Health systems thinking: a new generation of research to improve health care quality

Hannah Leslie and colleagues of the High-Quality Health Commission discuss in this month's Editorial the findings from their report that detail the improvements needed to prevent declines in individuals' health as the scope and quality of health systems increase. Patient-centered care at the population level, improved utility of research products, and innovative reporting tools to help guide the development of new methods are key to improved global healthcare.

Image Credit: Jennifer Pearson, U.S. Air Force

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v15.i10.g001