Issues in quality care. Tools for evaluating performance quality: information technology in practice.

The AAPA's Quality and Risk Management Committee (QRMC) recognizes the dynamic nature of forces guiding the health care market and the progressive emphasis on managed care as a means of providing and financing care. The committee also discerns on the the heels of these forces the explosive growth of...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Haymarket Media, Inc.) Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 21 - 25
Autor principal: Burke WE
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Haymarket Media, Inc. Sep1996
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:The AAPA's Quality and Risk Management Committee (QRMC) recognizes the dynamic nature of forces guiding the health care market and the progressive emphasis on managed care as a means of providing and financing care. The committee also discerns on the the heels of these forces the explosive growth of computer-based evaluation of providers' performance, clinical monitoring, and decision support software that has accompanied those forces. In light of these developments, the QRMC offers to practicing PAs this information on the evaluation of clinical performance.