title: Measuring and changing the quality of care via national registries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology-ACC 720, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. lschwamm@partners.org
authors.forename: Lee H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwamm
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D012042:Registries; D018401:Sample Size; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
keywords: quality improvement; registries; stroke