Objective: To determine how frequently patients with advanced imaging for back or
abdominal pain achieve outcomes that are identified by patients as important and whether …

JF is a 38-year-old physiatrist who has been in a small group practice since she completed
her fellowship 6 years ago. Her practice is a general physiatric practice. She does rounds …

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Scoring of individual physicians is becoming more widespread. Here's how to improve the …

Patient reports about their medical care can be an important component of quality
assessment of medical services. Recently, many medical centers and health care providers …

Measuring and reporting on patient satisfaction with health care has become a major
industry. The number of MEDLINE articles featuring “patient satisfaction” as a key word has …

This article explains whether patients' reports of their health care experiences reflect the
quality of care. Despite the increasing role of such measures in research and policy, there's …

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close brand logo Are they even related? KENNETH G. ADLER, MD, MMM Fam Pract Manag …

Surveying the literature on the assessment of quality of care from the patient's perspective,
the concept has often been operationalized as patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction has …

Patient satisfaction has become a significant component of health care outcomes and an
increasingly important component of quality assessment. Selecting the appropriate methods …

Introduction Systematic collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) during
ambulatory clinic visits can enhance communication between patient and provider, and …