Numerous randomized outcome trials have demonstrated that even mild hypothermia triples
the risk of morbid myocardial outcomes, 1 triples the risk of surgical wound infection, 2 …

One of the main challenges in developing a scorecard for measuring and monitoring OR
performance is determining which indicators are most import ant for inclusion. Indicators …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of profiling and incentives on
anesthesiologist behavior in relation to several key indicators of performance. DESIGN …

How best to measure academic productivity? Measuring clinical productivity is relatively
easy: anaesthetists are locatable to the operating theatre (or pain clinic, labour ward or …

Background The ability to measure productivity, work performed, or contributions toward the
clinical mission has become an important issue facing anesthesiology departments in …

Drs. Fixler and Wright1 should be commended for demonstrating that operating room (OR)
performance indicator definitions vary in literature and among children's hospitals …

ProPublica created their Surgeon Scorecard, released in July, in an attempt to shed light on
surgeons' outcomes and help patients choose high-quality surgeons for 8 common, elective …

ηOW do anesthesiologists create value in health care? Although the providers of anesthesia
care themselves may see the answers to this question as plainly evident, recent initiatives to …

Measuring and comparing clinical productivity in the practice of anesthesiology is complex,
because benchmarking work between facilities and individuals outside of a group or …