Aggravated DocSurg reams the AMA, referencing their backdoor dealings with Congress that I mentioned previously:
This sort of behind-closed-doors deal is just the right kind of inanity that keeps AMA membership plummeting — and it will ensure that the “quality” measures they come up with are [1] likely to be ignored, [2] well out of date by the time they are published, and [3] unable to meet any objective measurement of success. Why? Because we deal in a world of trial and error, with real consequences. As Dr. Stuart L. Weinstein, a University of Iowa professor and president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, said “Performance measures need to be developed by specialty societies, then tested and validated, to confirm that they really affect patient care in a positive way.”
