Evidence-based care: 4. Improving performance: how can we improve the way we manage this problem? Evidence-Based Care Resource Group.

The first step in improving physician performance when there are gaps between what physicians are doing and what they should be doing is to diagnosis the causes of suboptimal care. This "diagnosis" then guides the selection of the most efficient and effective strategies to improve performance. Some behaviours may be easy to change, but the factors that cause suboptimal care often present formidable barriers. Physicians are most likely to …