Evidence-based care: 3. Measuring performance: how are we managing this problem? Evidence-Based Care Resource Group.

The authors have frequently been surprised by discrepancies between what they perceived they were doing and what they found when they audited their medical records. Because these discrepancies are common it is important to measure physician performance to ensure that effective care is being provided. To measure clinical performance physicians must decide what to measure, whether the needed information is available, how to select an appropriate …