Which of the following characteristics, adapted from the IOM publication Best Care and Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Healthcare in America, are necessary in order to achieve a continuously learning healthcare organization?
A. Elimination of urgent care wait times
B. Patient and clinician partnerships
C. Longer clinical rotations for nursing students
D. Shorter clinical internships for medical students
E. Science and informatics
F. Incentives that are aligned with improvement goals
G. Leadership committed to a continuously learning culture
ANS: B, E, F, G
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