Seven gastroenterologists from across the United States share how they are using benchmarking to improve colonoscopy quality. Ask a Gastroenterologist is a weekly series of questions posed to ...

Measuring and tracking patient care processes and outcomes is essential for determining a surgery center’s quality performance and identifying areas for improvement. Scott Trimas, MD, FACS, a facial ...

Jeff Jacobsmeyer, product specialist with Case Construction, has viewed quality benchmarking from every point of the Equipment Triangle. He once worked at a Case dealership, owned his own business ...

Contributed by David Fein, CEO of ValuSource, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based provider of business valuation and medical practice benchmarking technology. Most people know that benchmarking can ...

Health-related quality-of-life data are often collected during routine clinical care. We present a method to create nationally representative benchmarks for clinical subspecialties. Objectives: Health ...

While significant progress has been made in improving cancer survival rates—as evidenced by a drop in cancer deaths in the U.S.—the number of new cases continues to increase. Experts say far too many ...

CMS calculates quarterly benchmarks of care, based on hospital data submitted to its clinical data warehouses. Here is a list of benchmarks on 38 measures under the federal Hospital Outpatient Quality ...

Best Practices, LLC recently released a study that provides insights into the amount of resources pharmaceutical and medical device companies allocate to ensure their products meet quality and ...