Many health care leaders believe that defining and measuringphysician work efforts and linking those efforts to practical andmeasurable clinical outcomes-physician profiling-will not onlyimprove patient satisfaction and increase the quality of care, itwill revolutionize the health care industry. Physician Profilingbrings together twenty-one of the nation's most prominent physicianresearchers and executive medical group administrators, givinghealth care leaders and physician practice administrators the toolsthey need to evaluate and implement a physician profiling system,unlocking this powerful technique for use in their ownorganizations. "Reducing clinical variation among physicians is the name of thegame in improving health care. This book provides an overview thatyou shouldn't miss of the state-of-the-art in this rapidlydeveloping field."--Dean C. Coddington, principal, McManisAssociates and author, Making Integrated Health Care Work

Physician profiling to assess physicians' competence is essential in the reappointment process. But more important than simply reappointing physicians, Medical Staff leaders must provide meaningful feedback to help them improve their quality of care. To do that, they must decide what data to collect, how to collect it, and how to communicate it to help physicians improve performance. HCPro's new book: 10 Steps to Successful Physician Profiling: How to Achieve Excellent Physician Performance, shows how to create and use "physician performance feedback reports," a tool that makes it easier to communicate meaningful data to physicians, to help them change their behavior. Customizable CD-ROM included: 10 Steps to Successful Physician Profiling: How to Achieve Excellent Physician Performance comes with a customizable color-coded physician performance report. The CD-ROM consolidates collected data - from clinical quality, service quality, and activity to resource utilization and even peer relationships - and creates a functional color display so physicians can easily see where they need to improve. Pre-calculated formulas show performance trends and help communicate to physicians where they rank in comparison to their peers

This book provides a summary of the best techniques available to adjust for differences in illness among patients, and provides several case studies to show you how to use physician profiling to improve care. You'll also benefit from the latest information on the best strategies available to adjust capitation rates, plus you'll examine critical issues like budget management, utilization management, and more.

When Harold Fried, et al. published The Measurement of Productive Efficiency: Techniques and Applications with OUP in 1993, the book received a great deal of professional interest for its accessible treatment of the rapidly growing field of efficiency and productivity analysis. The first several chapters, providing the background, motivation, and theoretical foundations for this topic, were the most widely recognized. In this tight, direct update, these same editors have compiled over ten years of the most recent research in this changing field, and expanded on those seminal chapters. The book will guide readers from the basic models to the latest, cutting-edge extensions, and will be reinforced by references to classic and current theoretical and applied research. It is intended for professors and graduate students in a variety of fields, ranging from economics to agricultural economics, business administration, management science, and public administration. It should also appeal to public servants and policy makers engaged in business performance analysis or regulation.

This study aims to help public sector practioners use productivity improvement to cope with fiscal stress. Covering aspects such as meaning, measurement, implementation, and maintenance, it is not overwhelming in size or detail, but is presented in a direct way that facilitates use.