Month: March 2014

I recently spoke to a quality measures development organization and it got me thinking — what makes a good doctor, and how do we measure it? In thinking about this, I reflected on how far we have come on quality measurement.  A decade or so ago, many physicians didn’t think the quality of their care could be measured and any attempt to do so was “bean counting” folly at best…

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March 2nd through the 8th is National Patient Safety Awareness Week – I don’t really know what that means either.  We seem to have a lot of these kinds of days and weeks – my daughters pointed out that March 4 was National Pancake Day – with resultant implications for our family meals.  But back to patient safety.  It is National Patient Safety Awareness Week, and in recognition, I thought…

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