TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Performance Measurement and Improvement in Surgery A1 - Ibrahim, Andrew M. A1 - Dimick, Justin B. A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. A2 - Hines, O. Joe Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 13e AB - Surgeons are under enormous pressure from multiple healthcare stakeholders to measure and improve their performance. Government regulators are publicly reporting patient outcomes and satisfaction scores.1 Payers are reducing reimbursements based on quality measurements.2 Licensing boards and professional societies are revising member certification to increasingly include performance evaluation.3 Patients are now searching online for information about surgeon outcomes to guide where they seek care.4 Surgeons themselves have created quality collaboratives to share best practices and improve their own performance.5,6 In short, we are in an era of unprecedented focus on evaluating and reporting the work of surgeons. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160037035 ER -