D efining and measuring quality in health care isn’t easy. New yardsticks from the Core Quality Measurement Collaborative are a step in the right direction. These new measures cover seven broad ...

Among the reforms spelled out in the Affordable Care Act is development of two fundamental activities largely absent in health care — recognizing and rewarding quality care. The first, and possibly ...

ABSTRACT. Objectives: To develop an index using publicly available data to measure progress in addressing health care disparities. Study Design: Given inherent socioeconomic differences between ...

Rethinking how we measure health care quality: Eric D. Hargan and Peter Pronovost. Published: Oct. 25, 2020, 5:07 a.m. A doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to a patient's heart in a 2011 file photo.

Measuring health care quality isn't nearly as straightforward as many think it is. I offer perspective on some of the gaps in current approaches to measuring healthcare quality.

Editor’s note: The full list of authors for the Core Quality Measures Collaborative Workgroup is included at the end of the blog post. In today’s health care system, physicians are faced with ...

Quality of care metrics are indicators used to evaluate how health services increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. They provide a way to measure and control the effectiveness, safety ...

A report in Health Affairs found that physicians in four common specialties spent $15.4 billion in 2015 reporting quality measures. A related survey of 23 health insurers found that they used 546 ...

Moreover, recent findings suggest that some health care quality measures inappropriately include or exclude transgender people and are not tailored to address the unique needs of this population.

Newsweek's AI Impact Award winners share how they measure success and guarantee outcomes: setting themselves apart in a ...

Disasters, whether natural or man-made, 1 may impact care delivery and, in turn, the quality of care received by individuals. Disasters could impact health care delivery in multiple ways: They may ...

Doctors Hospital has an entire team that reviews quality health care measures. What do you think of the various Internet sites that compare and rate health care facilities? It can be very confusing.