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Reflecting on High Quality Surgical Care

Reflecting on High Quality Surgical Care

Over the last several months, I have been thinking about how we can deliver consistent, high-quality surgical care to your patients. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine produced a report titled, Crossing the Quality Chasm. In this report, they state:

Clancy Clark January 13, 2016August 13, 2020 Commentary, Personal Blog Read more

What is clinical effectiveness research?

What is clinical effectiveness research?

It is actually pretty simple to define clinical effectiveness research (CER) — any research that attempts to determine if something really works in health care. The Challenges of Studying CER To answer if something works can actually be very challenging.

Clancy Clark February 4, 2015August 13, 2020 Research Read more

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