Seizure freedom is the goal for patients who experience seizures and the physicians and
treatment teams who provide care for these patients. In 2017, the American Academy of …

Epilepsy is a common condition in the United States. It is estimated that 1.2% of the
population or 3.4 million people have epilepsy. This figure may be underestimated because …

Epilepsy is a common, debilitating, and costly disease. It is estimated that 2.2 million people
in the United States are diagnosed with epilepsy, and 150,000 new cases of epilepsy are …

Background and Objectives Accurate and reliable seizure data are essential for evaluating
treatment strategies and tracking the quality of care in epilepsy clinics. This quality …

Objective To see if systematic collection of patient-reported epilepsy quality measures can
identify opportunities to improve care, and to examine the associations between these …

Epilepsy Quality Measures (EQM) were developed by the American Academy of Neurology
(AAN) to convey standardization and eliminate gaps and variations in the delivery of …

Introduction Epilepsy-specific quality indicators and performance measures have been
published and revised multiple times. The application of epilepsy-specific quality measures …

Background: Providers are increasingly being held accountable for the quality of care
provided. While quality indicators have been used to benchmark the quality of care for a …

Objective: Epilepsy is a common neurologic condition with significant personal, societal,
medical, and economic burdens. There are considerable gaps in the quality of care …

To identify gaps in physician practice of epilepsy care, an online survey was sent to
members of a Web-based epilepsy community to ascertain whether their physician …