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.

 
Read the rest at the Patient Safety Monitor Blog.