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Bridging vs Filling in US Health Care Quality—Beyond the Chasm

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.4353

March 31, 2026 at 11:05 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the chasm between current US health care and a vision of more comprehensive, equitable, and patient-centered care and proposes actionable strategies to bridge that chasm.

Corresponding Author: Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH, The George Washington University, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 500, Washington, DC 20006 (ytyang@gwu.edu).

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