Professional Practice Evaluation for Pathologists: The Development, Life, and Death of the Evalumetrics Program.

Context: - In 2008, the Joint Commission (JC) implemented a standard mandating formal monitoring of physician professional performance as part of the process of granting and maintaining practice privileges.

Objective: - To create a pathology-specific management tool to aid pathologists in constructing a professional practice-monitoring program, thereby meeting the JC mandate.

Design: - A total of 105 College of American Pathologists (CAP)-defined metrics were created.