AcademyHealth: What hospital leaders think of quality metrics

I have written, both at AcademyHealth,  here, and even the New York Times about my skepticism about pay for performance measures. One of my main concerns is that the measures picked often don’t translate into actual benefits seen by patients themselves. But that’s just my opinion? What do the people in charge of running the hospitals and programs to improve quality think?

A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine helps to answer that question. I talk about that, and more, in my latest post over at the AcademyHealth blog. Go read!

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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