Expert Commentaries
Editorial insights on current issues of importance to the guideline and/or measure fields including perspectives on trends in guideline and/or measure development, reviews/critiques of guidelines/measures, comments on topics related to evidence-based medicine, or similar themes. For a list of archived commentaries, visit the Expert Commentary Archive.
Quality Measures: Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement of Clinical Practice
By: Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD
Advancing the Quality of Pancreatic Cancer Care
By: Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS
Consensus-based Selection Criteria for Accountability Measures: Viewpoint from the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse/National Guideline Clearinghouse Editorial Board
By: NQMC/NGC Editorial Board: Richard C. Hermann, MD, MS (co-chair), Paul G. Shekelle, MD, MPH, PhD (co-chair), Ethan Balk, MD, MPH, JiWon Jane S. Jue, MD, MSc, Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, and Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc
Value of the National Databases: It All Depends on How We Use Them
By: Hiroto Ito, PhD
Performance Measures for Evaluation and Quality Improvement in the Care of Individuals with a First Episode Psychosis
By: Donald Addington, MBBS, MRCPsych, FRCPC
Home Is Where the Laboratory Is: The PCMH as a Laboratory for Performance Measure Development
By: Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, FACP and Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc, FACP
Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma Approaches to Quality Improvement
By: Justin Glasgow, MS
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