TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical guidelines and performance measures
T2 - Responsible guidance and accountability
AU - Masoudi, Frederick A.
AU - Peterson, Eric D.
AU - Anderson, Jeffrey L.
AU - Bonow, Robert O.
AU - Jacobs, Alice K.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Ghali et al. (1) raise important points about guidelines and performance measures. Although they focus on heart failure, their comments are relevant beyond a single clinical condition. We agree with the goal of personalizing patient care to the extent possible, but we do not believe that guidelines and performance measures necessarily conflict with this important goal. As members of the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines (TFPG) and Task Force on Performance Measures (TFPM), we welcome the opportunity to discuss our perspective on these issues.
AB - Ghali et al. (1) raise important points about guidelines and performance measures. Although they focus on heart failure, their comments are relevant beyond a single clinical condition. We agree with the goal of personalizing patient care to the extent possible, but we do not believe that guidelines and performance measures necessarily conflict with this important goal. As members of the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines (TFPG) and Task Force on Performance Measures (TFPM), we welcome the opportunity to discuss our perspective on these issues.
KW - guidelines
KW - performance measures
KW - practice of medicine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21144967
AN - SCOPUS:78650030239
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 56
SP - 2081
EP - 2083
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 25
ER -