Physician Profiling and Health Care Quality Outcomes

Physician profiling is a collection of provider-specific and practice-level data used to analyze physician practice patterns, utilization of services, and outcomes of care. Physician report cards (which may be a component of a physician profile) compare physicians on outcomes related to measures such as quality, patient satisfaction, and cost-utilization patterns.

analysis of physician quality practice data and identify three strategies for improving physician quality practice ranking on physician profiling and quality report cards.