We've blogged before about our hang-ups with QI. So I was pleased to see a thoughtful perspective in this month's Health Affairs by Peter Pronovost and Richard Lilford entitled "A Road Map for Improving the Performance of Performance Measures." As you might guess, this piece focuses on the validity of quality metrics, and Pronovost deserves credit for trying to push the hospital quality community to clean up its act.
The conclusion of the essay is also the money quote: "For the past decade, health care quality has largely sought quick fixes and run from science; the results are evident. Let us hope that efforts in the next decade embrace science instead."
Pondering vexing issues in infection prevention and control
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