Study: poor performers have best improvement.
Greatest improvement seen in three measures for smoking cessation counseling. Increased documentation may have contributed to reports of greater compliance. Room for improvement seen in heart failure discharge instructions, beta-blocker usage.
D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States