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Expert Commentaries

Editorial insights on current issues of importance to the guideline and/or measure fields including perspectives on trends in guideline and/or measure development, reviews/critiques of guidelines/measures, comments on topics related to evidence-based medicine, or similar themes. For a list of archived commentaries, visit the Expert Commentary Archive.

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Newest Commentary (11/5/2012)

Importance of Quality Metrics for Providing High Quality Melanoma Care
By: Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS

June 2012

Eliminating Hospital Re-admissions: "No Hospital Left Behind"?
By: R. Neal Axon, MD, MSCR, Mark V. Williams, MD

May 2012

Quality Measures: Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement of Clinical Practice
By: Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD

April 2012

Advancing the Quality of Pancreatic Cancer Care
By: Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS

January 2012

Consensus-based Selection Criteria for Accountability Measures: Viewpoint from the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse/National Guideline Clearinghouse Editorial Board
By: NQMC/NGC Editorial Board: Richard C. Hermann, MD, MS (co-chair), Paul G. Shekelle, MD, MPH, PhD (co-chair), Ethan Balk, MD, MPH, JiWon Jane S. Jue, MD, MSc, Jerod M. Loeb, PhD, Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD, and Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc

December 2011

Value of the National Databases: It All Depends on How We Use Them
By: Hiroto Ito, PhD