Quality is more than documentation designed to meet billing and data metrics
As I walk into the well-upholstered elevator lobby of the hospital and make my way toward the stairs for another night of covering the ICU, I am again inundated with plaques, advertisements and a six-foot-tall cardboard cutout depicting an executive in a suit reminding us that this hospital is among the best in the nation in providing “value.” As I was previously made aware during a resident education session sandwiched …
Quality is more than documentation designed to meet billing and data metrics









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