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In Five Key Clinical Areas — What Falls Through The Cracks When Quality Is Measured?
The idea of evidence-based medicine lies at the heart of managed care. But looking only at today’s fairly crude quality indices would be like measuring a diamond with a tape measure. Does pressure for ever-improving quality ‘scores’ endanger the real quality of health care?
More often than you’d think, says this attorney, malpractice cases turn on the question of whether test results were properly communicated to patients. Here’s where danger lies — and how to protect yourself.
Thinking about joining other providers in your area in an integrated health care delivery system? To ensure that your IDS isn’t just a “field of dreams,” be sure to take into account how you will market it.
Can quality in health care be measured? The National Committee for Quality Assurance, the leading HMO accrediting organization, is making an ambitious attempt — and not without controversy. Here the NCQA’s president offers views on the measurement effort and what it means for physicians.
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Paul Lendner ist ein praktizierender Experte im Bereich Gesundheit, Medizin und Fitness. Er schreibt bereits seit über 5 Jahren für das Managed Care Mag. Mit seinen Artikeln, die einen einzigartigen Expertenstatus nachweisen, liefert er unseren Lesern nicht nur Mehrwert, sondern auch Hilfestellung bei ihren Problemen.