title: Federal initiatives to improve patient care are questioned.
authors.affiliation: Navigant Consulting, Chicago, Illinois, USA. afine@navigantconsulting.com
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D032982:Contracts; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D035082:Federal Government; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States