I can agree with that. On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Stroz wrote: > > person's physician is still the best place to start for determining what > > is/is not necessary for tratement or to ascertain a diagnosis. > > > > Nope, I think an independent risk manager is. You need a system, or > at least a benchmarking/baseline/watermark system to measure providers > against. > > If you have a provider that's consistently above baseline then there > needs to be a burden of explanation and an objective independent > review. > > There are a few reasons for this: > > (1.) A standardized system for a high level of care quality based on > measures derived from clinical research. > > (2.) Protecting consumers and the system from provider grift (e.g, > recommending a particular (inferior) lab, unnecessary > tests/procedures, etc) > > (3.) Protecting the provider from facility grift (e.g., hospitals that > enforce unnecessary procedures, etc) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
