title: Practical steps for implementing quality measurement in practice.
abstract: All neurologists must begin incorporating quality measurement and quality improvement into their practice. Efforts to pay physicians based on the quality of their care and patient outcomes moves quality measurement beyond reporting to satisfy regulatory requirements and pushes physicians to select and use quality measures to improve patient outcomes and patient experience. This article provides practical steps and proposes considerations for neurologic practices advancing quality measurement and improvement.
authors.affiliation: OSF Healthcare System and INI University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (DW); American Academy of Neurology (BAS), Minneapolis, MN; Department of Neurology (EMC), UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Department of Neurology and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center (EMC), CA; Department of Neurology (AES), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Department of Neurology (RMD), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: OSF Healthcare System and INI University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (DW); American Academy of Neurology (BAS), Minneapolis, MN; Department of Neurology (EMC), UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Department of Neurology and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center (EMC), CA; Department of Neurology (AES), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Department of Neurology (RMD), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Becky A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Schierman
authors.affiliation: OSF Healthcare System and INI University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (DW); American Academy of Neurology (BAS), Minneapolis, MN; Department of Neurology (EMC), UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Department of Neurology and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center (EMC), CA; Department of Neurology (AES), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Department of Neurology (RMD), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: OSF Healthcare System and INI University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (DW); American Academy of Neurology (BAS), Minneapolis, MN; Department of Neurology (EMC), UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Department of Neurology and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center (EMC), CA; Department of Neurology (AES), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Department of Neurology (RMD), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: OSF Healthcare System and INI University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (DW); American Academy of Neurology (BAS), Minneapolis, MN; Department of Neurology (EMC), UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Department of Neurology and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center (EMC), CA; Department of Neurology (AES), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and Department of Neurology (RMD), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dubinsky