title: Your move.
abstract: Welcome to the age of transparency. Spurred by an unprecedented convergence of forces, dissemination of hospital performance data is at the forefront of the quality movement. Thanks to an initiative led by the AHA and other groups, hospitals have the opportunity to define quality and decide how it will be measured and reported. Will they?
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D035141:Voluntary Programs