In this regard, we can learn a lot from Potter Stewart. We know quality when we see it. And we know what an absence of quality looks like.
Let’s close that gap by putting less energy into defining quality, and putting more energy into the tenacious pursuit of quality.
Dr. Glasheen is physician editor of The Hospitalist.
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