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 ...

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 ...

Dianne Wallace, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, explains how the surgery center has implemented benchmarking processes as part of its larger quality improvement ...

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 ...

Quality Compass Exchange Data File is intended as a resource for payers, government agencies, and consultants. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has added Exchange plans to its ...

Many practices track their financial performance, but following the money alone is too narrow of a way to assess your practice's true success, according to a recent article from Medscape Today about ...

CARY, N.C., Mar 02, 2009 -- Industry Standard Research (ISR) today announced the launch of its pioneering report titled The 2009 CRO Quality Benchmarking Study. This report is the first of its kind, ...

The PV industry’s rapid factory expansions and quick product rollouts lead to a constant balancing act between the streamlining of production and the introduction of new features to push the ...