Do quality improvement organizations improve the quality of hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries?
Article Abstract:
A study aims to explore whether the quality of hospital care of Medicare beneficiaries improves more in hospitals that voluntarily participate with Medicare's quality improvement organizations (QIOs) compared with nonparticipating hospitals. It is concluded that hospitals that participate with the QIO program are not more likely to show improvement on quality indicators than hospitals that do not participate.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: Correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality
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A study was conducted to determine correlations among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) core process measures and the degree to which they explain the variation in hospital-specific, risk-standardized, 30-day mortality rates. The results indicated that the publicly reported AMI process measures capture a small proportion of the variation in hospital's risk-standardized short-term mortality rates.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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Administrative data feedback for effective cardiac treatment: Affect, a cluster randomized trial
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Hospital report cards are constructed using the Administrative Data Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment (AFFECT) study with an aim to improve quality of care for acute myocardial infraction (AMI). It is concluded that feedback based on one-time, confidential report cards is not an effective strategy for quality improvement regarding care of patients with AMI.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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