@article{8b8c28688d3647fca4de3dd8b017c779,
title = "Improving Wisely Using Physician Metrics",
author = "Makary, {Martin A.} and Ambar Mehta and Tim Xu",
note = "Funding Information: Through a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation–funded project using national Medicare claims data, Johns Hopkins has partnered with specialty societies to identify physician “waste metrics” that are both meaningful and actionable. This new program is called “Improving Wisely,” modeled after the dissemination success of Choosing Wisely, also funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Examples of these new metrics that our team has developed include biopsies per screening colonoscopy by physician, mean blocks (number of resections) per Mohs surgery by physician, and rates of elective laparoscopic versus open colon surgery by physician for standardized presentations. Confidential data sharing reports (Table 1) using national Medicare data will enable each physician to observe his or her performance relative to that of colleagues nationwide. Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grant #73417.",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1062860617704504",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
pages = "103--105",
journal = "American Journal of Medical Quality",
issn = "1062-8606",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1",
}