Endorsing performance measures is a matter of trust

Dharmvir S Jaswal; Charles Natanson; Peter Q Eichacker

doi:10.1136/bmj.k703

Endorsing performance measures is a matter of trust

BMJ. 2018 Feb 23:360:k703. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k703.

Authors

Dharmvir S Jaswal¹, Charles Natanson¹, Peter Q Eichacker²

Affiliations

¹ Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
² Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA peichacker@mail.cc.nih.gov.

Abstract

Healthcare agencies should ensure that performance measures for accreditation or reimbursement are supported by sound scientific evidence and safeguarded from potential commercial influences, argue Peter Eichacker and colleagues

MeSH terms

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
England
Government Regulation
Humans
Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards*
State Medicine / standards*
Trust*
United States