From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Federal and State governments, private purchasers, physicians, nurses, insurers, labor unions, health plans, hospitals, accreditation organizations, and others have begun to address some of the significant quality problems in the United States health care system. One approach they have taken is to improve the ability to measure and report on the quality of care being delivered. The reporting of quality measures prompts a closer look at provider or health plan practices both as feedback for clinicians or as publicly available scorecards for consumers and purchasers to evaluate. Several of thes...
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