title: Keeping score. Scorecards, profiles and report cards rapidly expanding to track physician performance.
abstract: Not all doctors like them, some even ignore them, but nevertheless the use of physician scorecards is growing and the scores may soon be widely available to the general public.
authors.affiliation: writersgroupink@aol.com
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glabman
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D009515:New Jersey; D008486:Physician Executives; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive