Publications by authors named "Leslie Kian"
Article Synopsis
- - Patients are increasingly turning to physician-rating websites (PRWs) for information about doctors, but the accuracy of these star ratings has not been thoroughly studied.
- - A study compared patient satisfaction scores from a major cancer center with those from PRWs, finding that internal scores were generally higher and based on many more reviews than those on PRWs.
- - The findings suggest that internal patient satisfaction ratings correlate weakly with PRW scores, leading to a recommendation for healthcare providers to publish their internal scores online for better patient-informed decisions.
Quality and performance indicators in an academic department of head and neck surgery.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2010
Objective: to create a method for assessing physician performance and care outcomes that are adjusted for procedure acuity and patient comorbidity.
Design: between 2004 and 2008 surgical procedures performed by 10 surgeons were stratified into high-acuity procedures (HAPs) and low-acuity procedures (LAPs). Risk adjustment was made for comorbid conditions examined singly or in groups of 2 or more.