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Scoring no goal—further adventures in transparency.

October 3, 2017

Rosenbaum L. N Engl J Med. 2015;373(15):1385-8.

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This commentary explores challenges to monitoring and rating surgeon performance and discusses current strategies to enhance transparency on surgical care quality, such as the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the Surgeon Scorecard, and private assessment initiatives.

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