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Time out—charting a path for improving performance measurement.

MacLean CH, Kerr EA, Qaseem A. Time Out - Charting a Path for Improving Performance Measurement. N Engl J Med. 2018;378(19):1757-1761. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1802595.

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June 25, 2018
MacLean CH, Kerr EA, Qaseem A. N Engl J Med. 2018;378(19):1757-1761.
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Measurement of quality and patient safety is challenging. In this commentary, the authors applied a five-domain criteria to rate the validity across 86 measures used to track ambulatory internal medicine performance and determined only 32 to be valid. They advocate for revising measurement to address performance gaps.

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MacLean CH, Kerr EA, Qaseem A. Time Out - Charting a Path for Improving Performance Measurement. N Engl J Med. 2018;378(19):1757-1761. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1802595.