Performance measures and clinical outcomes
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A study that evaluates the association between performance measures and clinical outcomes in routine hospital care provides inadequate data since the findings capture information about only a small portion of the overall care delivered during a hospital stay. A practical method to reduce uncertainty about the effectiveness of treatments is to collect comprehensive patient, treatment, and outcome data suggested by multi-disciplinary clinicians treating the types of patients studied.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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Competition on outcomes and physician leadership are not enough to reform health care
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The different methods used for reforming and improving the National Health Service (NHS) to achieve better value for patients are discussed. The physician leadership and competitions on outcomes do not seem to be sufficient for providing proper health care to patients.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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Assessing quality of care
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The relationship between the medical knowledge of the physicians and the quality of care provided to the patients is discussed. The poor clinical judgment of the physicians is responsible for diagnostic errors in the medical care.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2008
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