Joint Commission President Authors Article on Accountability Measures to Promote Quality Improvement in the NEJM

Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, president of The Joint Commission, has authored the article “Accountability Measures – Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement” in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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The column focuses on highly developed quality measurement and reporting and its effect on performance and patient outcomes.

 

Measuring quality using such measurements to improve delivery of care, payment for services and transparency is present in almost all hospitals and is becoming more prevalent in ambulatory settings, according to the column

 

Read the NEJM column on accountability measures.

 

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