I felt compelled to write the following article due to a division of opinion that has risen between several professionals within the quality assurance (QA) community and me on the importance of ...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is adding metrics to the Healthcare Effective Data and Information Set to track how well insurers address health disparities. The update adds some race and ...

Radiation therapy is witnessing a transformative shift with the integration of sophisticated quantitative methods designed to enhance treatment precision and safety. At the heart of this evolution is ...

Similar to national hospital ratings systems, there is a great deal of variation when it comes to the quality metrics used to evaluate physicians and hospitals because there are no official sets of ...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking feedback from health plans, purchasers and other stakeholders on changes to its Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) ...

Guidelines for an external audit to ensure quality assurance specify the policies and procedures associated with assessing and verifying the reported data. In contrast, internal audit guidelines ...

The data points toward a hybrid model where quality responsibility becomes increasingly distributed. And automation is ...