Physician Report Cards: Now and in the Future. (Value-Based Health Care)‪.‬

SINCE THE INVENTION OF THE "ORGANIZED MEDICAL staff" in 1919, (1) hospital/medical center leaders have sought to provide evidence that practitioners provide dependable medical care. Such efforts are as important today as they ever were. That's because while we tend to focus on the task of effectively integrating all kinds of health care services, the public's primary interest is that people receive dependable care on the scariest days of their covered lives. Besides, managed care contractors now want more than fiscal efficiency. They also insist on data confirming dependable performance, including physician report cards. (2, 3, 4, And, the American Medical Association has now offered to provide physician accreditation. (6)