Unintended consequences of implementing a national performance measurement system into local practice

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-412

  Powell, Adam A ^a,b   White, Katie M ^c   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b   Halek, Krysten ^a   Christianson, Jon B ^c   Neil, Brian ^a   Hysong, Sylvia J ^d,e   Zarling, Edwin J ^f   Bloomfield, Hanna E ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f North Chicago Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality assessment; Performance measurement; Quality indicators; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84862542463     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1906-3     Document Type: Article

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