Physician groups' use of data from patient experience surveys

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 498-504

  Friedberg, Mark W ^a   SteelFisher, Gillian K ^b   Karp, Melinda ^c   Schneider, Eric C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Health Quality Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient experience; Physician groups; Public reporting; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 79958761279     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1597-1     Document Type: Article

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