Expert Commentary Archive
Improving Ambulatory Quality of Care — Lessons from Pay-for-Performance
By: Sukyung Chung, PhD and Harold S Luft, PhD
Pay for Performance in UK General Practice – The Ambiguous Impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework
By: Stephen J. Gillam, MD FRCP FRCGP
Promoting Transparent and Actionable Clinical Practice Guidelines: Viewpoint from the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse/National Guideline Clearinghouse (NQMC/NGC) Editorial Board
By: NGC/NQMC Editorial Board: Richard C. Hermann, MD, MS (co-chair), Paul G. Shekelle, MD, MPH, PhD (co-chair), Ethan Balk, MD, MPH, Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, Mark J. Monteforte, MD, Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc, and Robert Wachter, MD
Surmounting the Challenges of Measuring and Improving Quality in Ambulatory Care
By: David Nyweide, PhD
Focus on Accessibility Results in Improved Function and Content for NQMC and NGC
By: Elizabeth Willingham, Lisa T. Haskell, Vivian H. Coates, and Mary P. Nix
Interoperable Electronic Health Records and Quality of Care
By: Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH and Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH
An Integrated Approach to Developing Health Care Guidelines and Measures
By: Cally Vinz, RN, Joann Foreman, RN, and Kathy Cummings, RN
New Directions for Health Care Information Technology
By: William W. Stead, MD and Herbert S. Lin, PhD
A Selection of Statistical Process Control Tools Used in Monitoring Health Care Performance
By: Stephen Schmaltz, PhD
Envisioning the Next Generation of Performance Measures for Ambulatory Care
By: Stephen D. Persell, MD, MPH
National Quality Measurement Systems for Assessment of Nursing Home Care
By: Ning Jackie Zhang, MD, PhD
Electronic Health Records in a Large, Integrated Health System: It's Automatic....NOT! At Least, Not Yet.
By: Jed Weissberg, MD
On Quality Measurement, Babies, and Bathwater
By: Robert M. Wachter, MD
Why Are There No Efficiency Measures in the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse?
By: Peter S. Hussey, PhD and Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD
User Perspectives: An Overview of the Clearinghouse Survey Results
By: The National Guideline and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Management Team
Evaluating Evidence in the Development of Performance Measures
By: Rebecca A. Kresowik, BLS and Timothy F. Kresowik, MD
Hospital Process Measures: Only One Piece of the Quality Improvement Puzzle
By: Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Accessing Clinical Information to Enrich Performance Measurement: The Wisconsin Experience
By: Christopher Queram, MA
Composite Measures: Matching the Method to the Purpose
By: Michael Shwartz, PhD and Arlene S. Ash, PhD
Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement
By: Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH and Dennis A. Revicki, PhD
Assessing the Quality of Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
By: Jodi Morris, PhD and Shekhar Saxena, MD
The Public Reporting of Performance Data: An Intervention in Need of More Evaluation
By: Constance H. Fung, MD, MSHS
Broadening the Quality Measurement Landscape: The Importance of Competence
By: Eric S. Holmboe, MD
The American Heart Association's "Get With The Guidelines" Program: Key Findings and Lessons Learned
By: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Wanted: Delivery System-Level Performance Measures
By: Thomas H. Lee, MD
Is the Measurement Mandate Diverting the Patient Safety Revolution?
By: Robert M. Wachter, MD
A Season for Change
By: NQMC Editorial Staff
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