ContextPerformance feedback and benchmarking, common tools for health care
improvement, are rarely studied in randomized trials. Achievable Benchmarks of Care …

Benchmarking is generally considered to be an important tool for quality improvement.
Traditional approaches to benchmarking have relied on subjective identification of 'leaders …

Article-at-a-Glance Background In the current climate of public accountability, many
clinicians have become uncomfortable with any efforts to create measurement systems. This …

Webster's Dictionary defines a benchmark as' something that serves as a standard by which
others can be measured'. Benchmarking pervades the health care quality improvement …

All too often, the US health care system fails patients at 2 levels. Some patients fail to receive
care that would clearly help them, whereas other patients receive care that will not benefit …

Background: Although disease management programs are widely implemented, little is
known about their effectiveness. Objective: To determine whether disease management by …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Despite rapid advances in the clinical and psycho-
educational management of diabetes, the quality of care received by the average patient …

Abstract Background The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has led the industry in
measuring facility performance as a critical element in improving quality of care, investing …

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 …

A crossover randomized controlled trial of cycles of quality assurance in 16 primary care (8
medical, 8 pediatric) group practices was conducted. Of four medical and four pediatric tasks …