Public Report Cards for Doctors and Hospitals: A Cure for the Ailing Healthcare System?
from Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Policy makers have increasingly turned to "public report cards" where doctors and hospitals are graded on the quality of care they provide and this information is made available in the public sphere. Will this effort towards transparency transform the U.S. healthcare system? What does the empirical evidence tell us about the impact? What effect might greater transparency have on care in other nations?
Ashish Jha, a practicing physician and a professor at the School of Public Health will share both the empirical evidence and the anecdotal stories driving the push for greater information and openness of the American healthcare system.
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