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SPOTLIGHT: Study: Process measures improve outcomes
July 19, 2007 — 5:59am ET
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One of the big knocks on pushing clinicians to follow specific processes--aside from the fact that it makes some feel disempowered--is that it's not clear whether they actually improve outcomes. Well, now there may be some evidence they do. Harvard researchers have found that measures for at least three conditions match up with lower risk-adjusted mortality rates for those conditions. Article
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