title: Study: poor performers have best improvement.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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