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Ronald Adler, MD, FAAFP, Sami Hamdan, MPH, Courtney Scanlon, MD, and Wayne Altman, MD, FAAFP. Quality Measures: How to Get Them Right. Fam Pract Manag. 2018 Jul-Aug;25(4):23-28.
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0700/p23.html
Regarding our healthcare system
- Woolhandler S, Ariely D, Himmelstein DU. Why pay for performance may be incompatible with quality improvement. BMJ. 2012 Aug 13;345:e5015.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22893567
- Frakt AB, Jha AK. Face the Facts: We Need to Change the Way We Do Pay for Performance. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 20;168(4):291.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=29181535 Basch E. Patient-Reported Outcomes — Harnessing Patients’ Voices to Improve Clinical Care. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 12;376(2):105–8.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=28076708MacLean CH, Kerr EA, Qaseem A. Time Out — Charting a Path for Improving Performance Measurement. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 10;378(19):1757–61.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=29668361Saver BG, Martin SA, Adler RN, Candib LM, Deligiannidis KE, Golding J, et al. Care that Matters: Quality Measurement and Health Care. PLoS Med. 2015 Nov 17;12(11):e1001902.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26574742
PLoS Medicine - http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001902When quality performance measures don’t pass the test
http://lowninstitute.org/news/quality-performance-measures-dont-pass-test/Pay for performance: a dangerous health policy fad that won’t die
https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/30/pay-for-performance-doctors-hospitals/How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/how-measurement-fails-doctors-and-teachers.html?_r=3Do Performance Measures Miss the Point?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/careerconsult/56230MedPageToday - "Blues' Quality Contract Raising Hackles in Massachusetts"
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Reimbursement/50864- Boston Globe - "Health insurer has a distorted sense of quality"
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/03/15/health-insurer-has-distorted-sense-quality/NY4feBWVCjKmaSNLWhaISO/story.html
- JAMA - "Professionalism, Self-regulation, and Motivation; How did Health Care Get This So Wrong?"
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2290650
Regarding ways to improve the system
- JAMA - "Measuring Vital Signs; An IOM Report on Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress"
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2288464 - BMJ - "Margaret McCartney: For better primary care, pay GPs for service"
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4839 - Telegraph - "Patients views should be put first when it comes to statins"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11847291/Patients-views-should-be-put-first-when-it-comes-to-statins.html - Wall Street Journal - "How House Calls Can Cut Medical Costs"
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-house-calls-can-cut-medical-costs-1443407612 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "No One Left Behind: Technology can be used to cut health care disparities"
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthtoday/2015/09/20/No-One-Left-Behind-Technology-can-be-used-to-cut-health-care-disparities-Vital-Signs-forums/stories/201509200003
Blue Cross Blue Shield Quality Metrics Report Card
We would like to thank DynaMed, a leader in evidence-based medical analysis, for their work in grading metrics that are being used in the current healthcare system. We have created a report card based on their work.
Of note, the quality metrics that are listed in green meet criteria, but are "good" metrics if they are done in a patient-centered manner, with patient input into their care.