title: Do performance measures help healthcare?
authors.affiliation: Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pronovost
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006268:Health Facilities; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States