What is "Quality"?
- Perspective—who is interested?
- Patient
- Provider
- Payer
- Health Care Institutions
- Society
- Cost (only reduction in costs or effectiveness? Total vs. Hospital?)
- "Quality of Life"
- Improved adherence to "Evidence Based Medicine"
- Safety—improved or not worsened?
- System performance—Does the technology perform as designed or intended?
- Improved survival
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