October 1, 2009
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Survey/Poll
The National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) is designed to provide information about physician practices, focusing on practices’ use of information.
October 1, 2009
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Survey/Poll
The National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) is designed to provide information about physician practices, focusing on practices’ use of information.
October 1, 2009
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Survey/Poll
The National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) is designed to provide information about physician practices, focusing on practices’ use of information.
February 21, 2012
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News Release
Innovation competition challenged software developers to create apps that enable patients to easily access information comparing the quality of care provided by local doctors and hospitals.
September 1, 2009
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Issue Brief
Overview and Analysis of Colorado's Physician Designation Disclosure Act
November 1, 2010
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Journal Article
Health care consumers are demanding "real time" information about the performance and quality of health care providers. This article examined public reporting of provider performance in 21 geographic regions of the U.S.
April 1, 2009
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Issue Brief
This issue brief describes the manner in which AF4Q alliances are addressing three challenges to their data aggregation efforts: (1) developing partnerships needed to carry out data aggregation activities, (2) overcoming technical issues, and (3) securing financing.
March 1, 2009
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Issue Brief
Puget Sound Health Alliance (the Alliance) released the Community Checkup, its first public report containing quality measures for physician clinics in the area. This issue brief describes the key features of that process, including preparing the report, content, format, dissemination and key lessons learned by the Puget Sound Health Alliance.
June 15, 2011
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Toolkit
Primer examines three quality improvement strategies and the performance areas that must be measured to ensure their success.
July 1, 2009
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Issue Brief
The authors of this brief conclude that until consumers realize the tremendous variations in the quality of hospitals and physicians, quality reporting will largely serve as a way to motivate providers to improve their performance.