New accountability measures could mean sea change for QI

摘要

With a coordinated double-whammy, The Joint Commission and a group of quality experts, including current president, Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, have served notice on the QI community that they'd like things to change - in a major way. In a paper first published online in June by the New England Journal of Medicine, Chassin and his co-authors outlined four criteria for accountability measures that would have "the greatest likelihood of improving patient outcomes."