HCFA's health care quality improvement program: the medical informatics challenge.
The peer-review organizations (PROs) were created by Congress in 1984 to monitor the cost and quality of care received by Medicare beneficiaries. In order to do this, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) contracted with the PROs through a series of contracts referred to as "Scopes of Work." Under the Fourth Scope of Work, the HCFA initiated the Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP) in 1990, as an application of [...]
Author(s): Grant, J B, Hayes, R P, Pates, R D, Elward, K S, Ballard, D J
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1996.96342646