Leveraging Improvement in Quality and Value in Health Care Through a Clinical Performance Measure Framework: A Recommendation of the American college of Physicians

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 336-342

  Gardner, Lea Anne ^a   Snow, Vincenza ^a   Weiss, Kevin B ^b   Amundson, Gail ^c   Schneider, Eric ^d   Casey, Donald ^e   Hornbake, E Rodney ^f   Manaker, Scott ^g   Pawlson, L Gregory ^h   Reynolds, Preston ⁱ   Sha, Michael ^j   Baker, David ^k  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b American Board of Medical Specialties   (United States)

^c Quality Quest for Health   (United States)

^d RAND   (United States)

^e Atlantic Health   (United States)

^f Essex CT ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

health care system; interactions; performance measure application; performance measurement; quality of care; value of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956497354     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610366589     Document Type: Article

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