Robert FrombergEditor-in-Chief, HFMA
I was surrounded by obstetricians—at least 30 of them, probably more.No, this was not an anxiety dream about childbirth. I was sitting in a hotel conference room, and these obstetricians were talking about what could go wrong and what should go right in obstetrical care. It was 1986, and this group was one of several gathered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and charged with recommending indicators of quality.
Today's focus on electronic health records is causing me to look back on quality-improvement efforts when the technology support was not, shall we say, robust...and to look forward toward what EHRs can do to improve quality.
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