The US Institute of Medicine (IOM) has undertaken an extensive multi-year project to attempt to understand health care quality primarily in a domestic US context. Its first report ‘ To Err is Human” had significant international impact as well.

The IOM proposes to be Lead Academy in a future IAMP project to evaluate quality issues in health care globally:

·        Are there common themes across the borders ?

·        How do cultural values modify societal expectations ?

·        What notions a re applicable and where ?

·        What are the cost/benefits and how do they vary ?

·        Are there common objectives and processes ?

The aim is to attempt to answer these and similar questions of interest to both professionals and governments.

An international group will assist the development of the project with input from IAMP member academies to develop a final proposal for fundraisers.