The AAMC notes that the number of organizations issuing reports on hospital or physician quality performance has significantly increased throughout the past 10 years, and this is raising some problems.
“Differences in the measures, data sources and scoring methodologies produce contradictory results that lead to confusion for the public, providers and governing boards, and impair the public’s ability to make well-informed choices about healthcare providers,” the AAMC wrote.
The AAMC convened a panel of experts on quality reporting to develop the principles, which are meant to help leaders judge the purpose, transparency and validity of commercial reports.
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