title: Overview: performance measures--the next generation.
abstract: Can our existing quality toolkit respond adequately to the unprecedented changes in the health care system? The guest editor highlights the lessons offered by the articles in the issue and reflects on the challenges in identifying performance measures and using the data for quality improvement.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Accountability, Portland, OR 97209, USA. info@facct.org
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authors.lastname: Lansky
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000639:trends; D008330:Management Audit; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States