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Quality of care in rheumatic diseases: performance measures and improvement
Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 02/08/08

Harrington JT - The options for treating rheumatic diseases have improved, but many patients are not achieving optimal outcomes. Pay for performance programs being introduced by Medicare and other insurers will link provider revenues to quality indicators, requiring rheumatologists to measure, document, and improve their patients' outcomes. Expected rheumatology manpower losses will also require greater practice efficiency and increased reliance on inter-disciplinary care teams. Some publications advocate improving healthcare by expanding research to improve knowledge transfer from clinical studies to clinical practice; others suggest continuous process improvement methods to improve delivery of care processes. Practical disease activity measurements and rheumatology practice improvements are being reported that suggest a positive future.

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