title: One-page profile shows physicians how practice patterns stack up against standards.
abstract: Save millions by profiling clinical guideline compliance, not cost and utilization data? United HealthCare has switched its focus from physician cost and utilization reports to clinical profiles that chart compliance with guidelines in six common conditions. Here's the story, plus a sample profile showing how a physician stacks up to peers and nationally accepted standards in particular areas of care.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003625:Data Collection; D019468:Disease Management; D007255:Information Services; D008910:Minnesota; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*