Maine feedback plan brings promising results.
An essential part of every quality assurance program is feedback of findings to physicians so they can improve patient care. The ways in which feedback programs are planned and implemented determines their degree of effectiveness. A central feature of successful programs is active physician involvement. The program described below is a model which has achieved national recognition.
D003625:Data Collection; D005246:Feedback; D008281:Maine; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010380:Peer Review / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development; D013038:Specialization; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods*