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Guidelines in Quality & Pay for Performance

This presentation discusses three key elements of quality care—evidence, clinical practice guidelines and performance measures—and the limitations of using each in day-to-day practice. It also describes how pay-for-performance can improve the quality of medical care in spite of its limitations.

Learning Objectives:

  • Know the relationship between evidence, guidelines and performance measures.
  • Know the limitations of evidence, guidelines and performance measures.
  • Know how pay-for-performance can improve quality of care.
  • Know the limitations of pay-for-performance.
CME Statement -- AAFP members can receive up to 1 CME credit for this program.
Faculty Disclosures -- Disclosure statements for all faculty appearing in this program.
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