title: Quality measures hit prime time. JCAHO's Oryx lights fire under providers.
abstract: Provider performance measurement systems come in a variety of approaches, but they all target the daunting management frontier of clinical results. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has bumped up the visibility of such systems by launching Oryx, a program that will make performance measurement an integral aspect of its evaluation efforts.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissey
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000379:methods*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003363:Cost Control; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review