“Routine outcome measurement is great—but how do I actually use this information to practice measurement-based care?!” This is a common question for many clinicians new to using outcome measurement in ...

The optimal procedure for casual-clinic blood pressure (CBP) measurement is outlined in the 2004 Japanese guidelines. We investigated the status of physicians’ practices and their awareness of CBP ...

The Japanese Society of Hypertension published guidelines for home blood pressure (HBP) measurement in 2003 and for the management of hypertension in 2004. The objective of this study was to ...

“Routine outcome measurement is great—but how do I actually use this information to practice measurement-based care?” This is a common question for many clinicians new to using outcome measurement in ...

Addressing unwarranted clinical variation in oncology is a high priority for health systems that aspire to ensure consistent levels of high-quality and cost-effective care. Efforts to improve clinical ...

Clinical data should contribute to practice-based learning and improvement, resulting in improved patient care as well as meeting increasingly rigorous physician accountability requirements. The ...

This controlled trial randomly assigned patients with breast and prostate cancer undergoing treatment to complete one of three PRO measures: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer ...

Proving high productivity may be helpful for small groups considering selling to a hospital. RVUs are a useful gauge of doctors' productivity, but practices also should look at such aspects as each ...