title: Guideline-based performance measurement creates education and training imperatives.
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines have introduced a new dimension to facility-level performance measurement--one which requires caregivers to change the way they have traditionally evaluated patient care practices. To successfully integrate guideline-derived evaluation tools into their performance measurement activities, practitioners and quality management professionals face new education and training challenges.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Spath
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D007318:Inservice Training; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States