Use of Internal Performance Measurement to Guide Improvement Within Medical Groups.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2019.02.009
Abstract: BACKGROUND Public reporting of provider performance currently encompasses a range of measures of quality, cost, and patient experience of care. However, little is known about how medical groups use measures for performance improvement. This information… read more here.
Keywords: improvement; groups use; internal measurement; medical groups ... See more keywords
US medical groups denounce Senate health repeal bill
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3076
Abstract: Most major US medical groups have denounced the Senate bill to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which was released by the Senate Republican leadership late last week. The groups charge that the… read more here.
Keywords: groups denounce; medical groups; denounce senate; bill ... See more keywords
Travel ban threatens medical research and access to care in the US, medical groups warn
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j545
Abstract: President Donald Trump’s executive order1 banning nationals from seven Muslim majority nations, as well as all refugees, from entering the county threatens to damage the quality of medical research and healthcare in the US, medical… read more here.
Keywords: order; medical groups; medical research; ban threatens ... See more keywords
How are medical groups identified as high-performing? The effect of different approaches to classification of performance
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4293-9
Abstract: Payers and policy makers across the international healthcare market are increasingly using publicly available summary measures to designate providers as “high-performing”, but no consistently-applied approach exists to identifying high performers. This paper uses publicly available… read more here.
Keywords: identified high; classification; high performing; medical groups ... See more keywords