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While I'd be interested in the track record data, it is hard to properly metric these professions. How do you control for a priori risk of a patient (IE- one to
by topkai22 12y ago
While I'd be interested in the track record data, it is hard to properly metric these professions. How do you control for a priori risk of a patient (IE- one total knee case is a 70 year old smoker so ways 300 lbs and the other is a 28 year old athlete who fell skiing.)
The ACA has resulted in the collection of this type of data and we'll probably see it released someday. We'll almost certainly see complication rates reduced and risky v patients refused certain types of care, but I do feel bad for the professions getting metriced like this. After all, I'd be pretty pissed if my value as a software developer was judge entirely by my bugs/KSLOC number.
- topkai22 12y agoBTW - these these sort of metrics are much more useful in a internal evaluative scenario- a hospital talking to its doctors, a principal deciding which teaches to retain, etc... Because those decision makers have much more access to the qualitative aspects of the work.
- tmarthal 12y agoI am actually working at a startup to do just this, but using the 'Choosing Wisely' guidelines for care practitioners.