Here are five insights from the article:
1. Drs. Jha and Pronovost argue CMS should eliminate unnecessary metrics from government programs and develop a standardized set of validated metrics.
2. CMS should consider focusing on common adverse events, like adverse drug events, nosocomial infections, venous thromboemboli, decubitus ulcers, falls and surgical complications.
3. CMS should also establish an agency that develops standards about good measurements and accuracy before enforcing measures in pay-for-performance.
4. Experts urge the CDC to use clinical data from electronic health records to establish algorithms for finding out other leading causes of preventable incidents.
5. The authors also suggest Congress should fund systems engineering research to establish efficient and safe healthcare.
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