title: Alliance will evaluate clinical excellence.
abstract: Intent is to provide organizationwide, measurable goals for hospitals. All 5,000 hospitals in the United States are being rated on clinical outcomes. Evaluations will examine 20 procedures in six different specialty areas.
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States