5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Author,
Year 10. KQ3:Results 11. KQ4: Results 12. KQ5: Results 13. KQ6: Results 14. Summary
Pham
2006 130
Program type
Public reporting using primary data
con’t 36
Private benchmarking of primary
data 20
Sole use of secondary data 7
Programs involving quality
improvement support
(IHI, ACS, STS, ADHERE, VHA,
QIO) 21
Programs were not perceived as
influencing patient choice, but they
were credited with improving
physicians’ attitudes toward quality
measurement and improvement.
Program focus on a limited number
of objectives was believed to shift
attention and focus from other
areas, but others reported there was
spillover.
IT was view as a factor in the costs
associated with reporting
I-71
15. Funder of
Research/
Report