Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH, and colleagues recently argued that interventions (emphasis added) to improve the quality of healthcare should meet the same standards of evidence that are applied to the ...

High patient experience scores were associated with the collection and use of any clinician performance information, especially with whether the practice shared this information internally to compare.

DALLAS—A new digital white paper created by FirstWatch, in partnership with the National EMS Quality Alliance, shows how you can use performance measures to “take the pulse” of your EMS system. “This ...

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An expert panel has published the first performance measures to identify remission and evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine treatments, which will allow more objective comparisons between ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACP only supported four of 14 performance measures for diabetes, including HbA1c control. ACP also created a ...

Performance measures must align with portfolio use and features. Avoid Sharpe and similar ratios due to flaws; consider alternatives like trimmed alpha, median returns, and value at risk. CAGR is ...

Measuring portfolio performance involves monitoring and analyzing returns, allocation, risk, and other elements. There are several metrics that an investor may choose from to gauge the progress of ...

For a financial performance measure to be good, it should generally rise when good things happen and decline when bad things happen. And it should motivate high-quality decision-making. This may seem ...