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The article discusses the measurement of clinical performance quality in the U.S. According to the authors, many performance measures are used to asses the ambulatory care performance of physician groups. It says that higher performance on process measures are associated with better health outcomes, and performance reporting will improve the quality of clinical care. However, performance measurement in health care remains controversial because of the concerns that measures with poor validity will drive physicians to provide inappropriate care.

The article focuses on the adoption of the policy governance model for effective regional health administration in the U.S. The research describes the policy governance model as an effective alternative in evaluating the functional performance of medical boards and personnel in providing healthcare services or customer service. The implementation of the policy governance model in large academic medical center help enhance not only the knowledge of the healthcare administrator and personnel but also improve the services of the business. The study proves that policy governance is one of the most effective model for the administration of Regional Hospital.

Focuses on the impact of the United States Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations on the development of performance improvement. Comparison of performance improvement and health care services standards; Importance of program credibility; Factors of credibility.

In an attempt to increase efficiency and reduce costs in the provision of nursing care, many hospitals across the United States have introduced new models of care delivery. In a survey of hospitals conducted by the American Hospital Association, 97% of the institutions surveyed reported that they had introduced some type of nurse-extender program. The article analyzes the effects of restructuring nursing care by introducing nurses' aides to a primarily registered nurse (RN) staff, increasing the RN to patient ratios, and initiating an automated IV drug administration system.

The author reflects on performance reports on the quality of health care in the U.S. According to the author, the emergence of efforts to improve information on indicators of quality is a fairly contemporary concern. The author discusses such topics as health care "report cards," such as the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS), the benefits and disadvantages of performance reports, and development of indicators.

The article focuses on the goal performance towards health care services in the U.S. It mentions that the overall goal performance at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site represents the average performance for every acute-care hospital in the U.S. It is projected that it is possible for an organization to achieve an outcome of 100% with every single item on their dashboard. It reveals that each level of the organization has to decide what they can do to make sure that their goal is met by talking to one another about what is possible for each organizational level to contribute.

The article reports on the additional methods to support the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards within the health care organizations through the use of a freely available Internet resource in the U.S. National standards have been developed suggesting methods for meeting the need and systems changes are either mandated or recommended within health care delivery organizations to assure movement toward the goal of effective patient-provider communication.

Deals with the pilot program launched by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that determines the feasibility of paying hospital bonuses based on how well they achieve certain clinical outcomes. Background information on the CMS program; Opportunities and risks posed by the program to hospitals; Ways to improve performance data.

The article features the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, which aims to engage in improving the care of patients with vascular disease through excellence in clinical care and advances in biology in the U.S. Their practice includes prevention, diagnosis, and endovascular therapies, which encompasses vascular biology, pathophysiology, and clinical trials. Furthermore, its mission is to expand their membership to improve the strength of their advocacy and extend its services to members.