Can a book of charts catalyze improvements in quality? Views of a healthcare alchemist.

Healthc Pap

Bureau of Health Information, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: July 2012

This commentary reviews international evidence about the impact of public reporting on better care and outcomes, outlines conditions under which publicly available performance information can become a potent catalyst to precipitate improvements in quality and the optimal conditions in healthcare systems to ensure that such a catalyst results in a desirable reaction.

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