From the Patient Safety Monitor Blog: NEJM article reviews criteria for quality process measures
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
October 13, 2010
As you collect data on process measures to avoid financial penalties, achieve accreditation, and prepare for value-based purchasing, you might want to consider a recent article in the August 12th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, Jerod Loeb, PhD, and Stephen Schmaltz, PhD, of the Joint Commission, along with Robert Wachter, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, came together to write a personal opinion piece separate from their professional roles on the current state of core measures.