title: Physician profiling: 12 critical points.
abstract: Physician profilers encompass an array of technological products that purport to evaluate individual clinician performance on utilization and other measures. Prior to installation, an organization should be familiar with a number of major concepts that encompass understanding of clinical practice processes, claims data limitations and idiosyncrasies, ethical issues, and mathematical principles. Twelve specific elements are described to assure that these concepts are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Brookline, MA, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014481:United States