National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Hospital Care: Specialty Clinician Performance Measures

Foreword by Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA

Paperback, 112 Pages
2007

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Abstract

In the past several years, the public reporting of healthcare quality information has blossomed. However, not all aspects of care in the ambulatory setting have benefited equally from measure development and use. Specifically, measurement of the performance of specialty care providers has been neglected. Gaps have also emerged in hospital-based measure sets, particularly in the area of specialty clinician (physician and other licensed independent practitioners) hospital care. This report details 26 national voluntary consensus standards for specialty clinician care provided in the hospitals including emergency care; cardiac surgery; perioperative care; and stroke and stroke rehabilitation.

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