Results Group A is an academic department that uses the care team model to provide
anesthesia care; therefore, the number of OR FTEs is less than the number of OR sites …

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

Anesthesiologists care for patients of all ages, with all conceivable comorbidities, in every
kind of health care facility. This leads to a significant challenge in the collection of data to …

WITH GROWING RECOGNITION that surgical outcomes vary widely across providers, 1-4
employers and payers are becoming more actively involved in strategies for improving the …

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

OBJECTIVES The publication of surgeon-specific data has been controversial. To assess
the profession's opinion, a forum was organized at the 2015 EACTS meeting followed by a …

In 1986, Congress passed a law mandating that quality of surgical care in VA hospitals be
determined by comparing outcomes to “national averages.” 1 Unfortunately, those national …

BACKGROUND: Anesthesiologists are frequently involved in efforts to meet perioperative
quality metrics. The degree to which hospitals compete on publicly reported quality …

Demand is increasing for public accountability in health care. In 2000, the Massachusetts
legislature mandated a state report card for cardiac surgery and percutaneous coronary …

Background: Risk adjustment is central to the generation of health outcome report cards. It is
unclear, however, whether risk adjustment should be based on standard logistic regression …