Measurement of effective practices

[Guest guest]

Our hospital is trying to use PQRI and other outpatient measures to

judge the quality of the hospital staff that no longer admits

frequently. We have a big meeting coming up about this on Friday.

Aside from the primary issue that outpatient practice measures have no

likely correlation to inpatient skill, I'd like to have some

alternative measures to propose as well.

Obviously, How's Your Health comes to mind. In a recent blog

post Gordon mentions "there are good markers for exemplary

practices that may be used to hold them accountable...". Are there

other good measures for effective practices besides HYH?

-- R. Pierce MD

Rockport, Maine

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