title: Assessing provider quality in the age of information.
authors.affiliation: Sachs Group, Evanston, IL, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pickens
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004465:Economic Competition; D006302:Health Services Research; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D009026:Mortality; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology