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1Departments of Clinician-Directed Performance Improvement and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Abstract:
Standardization of medical care through protocols, order sets, and other tools is increasingly a part of efforts to improve quality. The authors, a physician beginning a new position as director of a community hospital quality program and the chief quality officer of a health care system and director of a course in health care delivery improvement, discuss the benefits and risks of standardization in health care. Recommendations for responsible standardization are presented.
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