Washington state doctors lead their own quality appraisal
September 20th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Cox
Fresh from its battle against a local health plan’s performance-based network, the Washington State Medical Assn. is close to issuing confidential reports that will allow physician members to examine how their quality measures up against their peers and best practice.
The Physician led Quality Improvement Program, or QUIP, is scheduled to deliver its first quarterly report in November. The report will include patient-identified pharmacy and claims data from public and private payers and will measure physician performance on clinical metrics for diabetes, cardiology, antibiotic use, depression, preventive care and asthma.