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Editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine describes several methodologic challenges in surgical scorecard initiatives.
New Engl J Med. 2015 Sep 2; [Epub ahead of print].



Scoring no goal—further adventures in transparency.

Rosenbaum L. New Engl J Med. 2015 Sep 2; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary explores challenges to monitoring and rating surgeon performance and discusses current strategies to enhance transparency on surgical care quality, such as the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the Surgeon Scorecard, and private assessment initiatives.

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