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Public Release of Performance Data
A Progress Report From the Front
Arnold M. Epstein, MD, MA
JAMA. 2000;283:1884-1886.
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Public reporting on the quality of health care in the United States has become the most visible of national efforts to manage quality of health care.1 Numerous publications including US News & World Report and Consumer Reports now identify annually the "100 best hospitals" or highest quality health plans. The National Committee on Quality Assurance, which is the largest accreditor of health plans, and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, which accredits more than 18,000 health care provider organizations, have both established programs that will incorporate publicly reported performance data as accreditation criteria.
The Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees the Medicare program, has also established a new series of quality standards for health plans that include public performance reporting through the Medicare Compare program. At the same time, the Health Care Financing Administration plans to reduce its reliance on traditional . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, the Division of General Medicine (Section on Health Services and Policy Research), Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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