Adopting guidelines improves quality of care while reducing provider liability.
A new report suggests that aggressive implementation of clinical guidelines reduces costs while enhancing patient safety--data that offer 'broad and sweeping implications' for capitated providers.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002204:Capitation Fee; D016365:Liability, Legal; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States