The financial implications of implementing quality improvements are often poorly understood.
Simply put, does improving quality yield a return on investment? We examine four cases—…

Quality of care was recognized as a key element for improved health outcomes and efficiency
in the World Health Organization's (WHO) widely adopted framework for health system …

Background: One of the underlying goals of public reporting is to encourage the consumer
to select health care providers or health plans that offer comparatively better quality-of-care. …

… Shamsuzzoha B Syed, corresponding author a Sheila Leatherman, b Nana Mensah-Abrampah,
a Matthew Neilson, a and Edward Kelley a …

Over the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the use of financial incentives
by private employers and public programs to encourage healthy behaviors, wellness …

ContextInformation about the performance of hospitals, health professionals, and health
care organizations has been made public in the United States for more than a decade. The …

Quality measurement is fundamental to systematic improvement of the healthcare system.
Whilst the United States has made significant investments in healthcare quality measurement …

Introduction Single solutions continue to be inadequate in confronting the prevalent problems
of poverty, ill health and insufficient health system capacity worldwide. The poor need …

At the forefront of global health priorities are the achievement of the United Nations’ Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and the strengthening of health systems. The MDGs focus …

Objective. To describe the background, history, and approach of the OECD Health Care
Quality Indicators (HCQI) Project, an initiative to implement quality measures for international …