Minimize practice variation by focusing on 'top priority conditions'.
For years, physicians have debated--with each other and, increasingly, with health plans--the causes of variation in physician practice. Reducing variation has to be part of the institutional agenda. Plus, physicians should be given adequate resources to develop support systems that will enable them to deliver more consistent clinical practice.
D000368:Aged; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States