title: Public reporting needed to improve the health of Tennesseans.
abstract: Tennessee providers are recognizing an urgent need for a new and improved model of healthcare, characterized by transparent accountability to consumers. Meaningful health system improvements will require broad public disclosure of healthcare performance data at the hospital, clinic and community levels using nationally recognized standards. All Tennessee communities need a routine community health report card, to help their citizens to work together toward their most important health goals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. jeb@utmem.edu
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007857:Leadership; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013714:Tennessee