Guideline-based performance measurement creates education and training imperatives.
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.
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