The use of “big data” in neurosurgical research has become increasingly popular. However,
using this type of data comes with limitations. This study aimed to shed light on this new …

Purpose As the US health care system transitions toward value-based reimbursement, there
is an increasing need for metrics to quantify health care quality. Within radiology, many …

THE establishment of databases and registries has enhanced evidence-based care delivery
and facilitated quality-of-care monitoring across medicine. 1, 2 In the field of neurosurgery …

Objective Clinical care guidelines recommend that newly diagnosed prostate cancer
patients at high risk for metastatic spread receive a bone scan prior to treatment and that low …

From its beginnings in 1965, Medicare costs quickly exceeded initial projections, prompting
policy makers to enact a number of remedies during the history of the program. The most …

Background In settings like the ambulatory care sector in Germany, where data on the
outcomes of interdisciplinary health services provided by multiple office-based physicians …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine radiologists' experiences during the first 4
years of Medicare's national physician pay-for-performance program and project near-future …

This paper presents our industry experience related to developing data warehouses for
healthcare analytics. With the rapid advancement of medical record digitization, there is a …

In the past century, the face of medical compensation has changed on multiple occasions.
The care delivery model (aka fee-for-service model) has functioned for decades, by …

Background To identify, characterize and compare existing pay-for-performance approaches
and their impact on the quality of care and efficiency in ophthalmology. Methods A …