A science-driven quality model

(1) Medical science, like computer science, changes too quickly and involves too many uncertainties to be within the core competence of government or other external regulators. [...]it is neither fair nor reasonable to expect state or federal government agencies to effectively regulate medical quali...

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 220 - 221
Main Author Weller, C D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.09.1997
Subjects
Antitrust
Computer science
Computer simulation
Computers
Federal government
Government agencies
Health care
Health maintenance organizations
Health services
HMOs
Humans
Medical science
Medicare
Microcomputers
Models, Organizational
Personal computers
Quality
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Regulators
Science
Cleveland Ohio
United States > US
Ohio
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Summary:(1) Medical science, like computer science, changes too quickly and involves too many uncertainties to be within the core competence of government or other external regulators. [...]it is neither fair nor reasonable to expect state or federal government agencies to effectively regulate medical quality as science, as high-technology fields other than health care demonstrate daily. (2) Science is national and international, not local. [...]under a science-driven pursuit of the best quality outcomes, the conventional wisdom that health care is local will change. [...]it may be that a quantum leap forward in health care quality will be science-driven, using a high-tech model from outside of health care, such as Personal Computers.
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ISSN:0278-2715
2694-233X
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.16.5.220-b