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The key point is to try and ensure that the different types of
interventions all basically have the same goal, namely improving
the quality of health care services.
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Module Summary
Health care quality assessment is now a globally
important topic
Growing consensus that health care quality can be
adequately defined and accurately measured
Emerging technologies (e.g., electronic medical
records, or EMR) will assist improved measurement
of health care quality
Widespread movement underway to directly link
provider health care quality performance to payment
for health care services
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Credits
Michael A. Counte, Ph.D.
School of Public Health,
Saint Louis University
November 2007
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