Health Data Management: Study Finds Better Pay-for-Performance Methodology
A group of researchers has found that using lab data for pay-for-performance program methodology can be up to 67 times more important than other models that rely on billing information.
http://healthdatamanagement.com/html/news/NewsStory.cfm?articleId=15492
San Francisco Business Times: Increased use of IT helps medical groups improve clinical quality
The more that California medical groups use information technology, the better they score on a range of important clinical quality measures, according to the Integrated Healthcare Association, which released its Pay for Performance results for 2006 on Monday.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/07/23/daily9.html?b=1185163200%5e1495436
The Health Impact 