Identifying potential indicators of the quality of end-of-life cancer care from administrative data
Purpose: To explore potential indicators of the quality of end-of-life services for cancer
patients that could be monitored using existing administrative data. Methods: Quality …
patients that could be monitored using existing administrative data. Methods: Quality …
Translating clinical research into clinical practice: impact of using prediction rules to make decisions
BM Reilly, AT Evans - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - acpjournals.org
Clinical prediction rules, sometimes called clinical decision rules, have proliferated in recent
years. However, very few have undergone formal impact analysis, the standard of evidence …
years. However, very few have undergone formal impact analysis, the standard of evidence …
Defining and measuring the patient-centered medical home
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …
Improving the quality of medical care: building bridges among professional pride, payer profit, and patient satisfaction
R Grol - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Physicians today are confronted with increasing demand to ensure and improve care of their
patients. A variety of approaches claim to provide solutions to the problems of health care …
patients. A variety of approaches claim to provide solutions to the problems of health care …
How Intermountain trimmed health care costs through robust quality improvement efforts
BC James, LA Savitz - Health Affairs, 2011 - healthaffairs.org
It has been estimated that full implementation of the Affordable Care Act will extend
coverage to thirty-two million previously uninsured Americans. However, rapidly rising …
coverage to thirty-two million previously uninsured Americans. However, rapidly rising …
The paradox of primary care
Despite rising costs, health care often is of poor quality. 1-4 Current solutions to improving
quality may do more harm than good if they focus more on diseases than on people. 2, 5-9 …
quality may do more harm than good if they focus more on diseases than on people. 2, 5-9 …
Will Pay-For-Performance And Quality Reporting Affect Health Care Disparities? These rapidly proliferating programs do not appear to be devoting much attention to …
LP Casalino, A Elster, A Eisenberg, E Lewis… - Health …, 2007 - healthaffairs.org
Pay-for-performance (P4P) and public quality-reporting programs can increase the quality of
health care for the services being measured. However, unless carefully designed, these …
health care for the services being measured. However, unless carefully designed, these …
Assessing care of vulnerable elders: ACOVE project overview
NS Wenger, PG Shekelle… - Annals of Internal …, 2001 - acpjournals.org
The Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders project endeavored to develop a comprehensive
set of quality-assessment tools for ill older persons. Because “ill older persons” constitute a …
set of quality-assessment tools for ill older persons. Because “ill older persons” constitute a …
[HTML][HTML] TRainee Attributable & Automatable Care Evaluations in Real-time (TRACERs): a scalable approach for linking education to patient care
J Burk-Rafel, SS Sebok-Syer, SA Santen… - … on Medical Education, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Competency-based medical education (CBME) is an outcomes-based approach to
education and assessment that focuses on what competencies trainees need to learn in …
education and assessment that focuses on what competencies trainees need to learn in …
Paid malpractice claims for adverse events in inpatient and outpatient settings
Context An analysis of paid malpractice claims may provide insight into the prevalence and
seriousness of adverse medical events in the outpatient setting. Objective To report and …
seriousness of adverse medical events in the outpatient setting. Objective To report and …