Partners in Performance & Quality Care

“I feel that it is essential that we develop various guidelines and use them in the hospital setting,” concludes Dr. Strachan. “We need to standardize our practice so that we can measure outcomes and quality of care doesn’t vary from one practitioner to another.” TH

Writer Joanne Kaldy also writes about hospitalist programs in this issue.

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