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As they say, you manage what you measure. Accordingly, an entire industry has developed around performance measurement and performance management. Popular tools include the Balanced Scorecard, ...

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Performance measurement – if done right – can be a core activity to move the health care system to higher value for the American public, while rewarding health professionals and health care ...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative has grown to include 973 practices as of 2010. Practices demonstrated rates of end-of-life care and other measures of ...

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To improve performance, healthcare leaders need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of performance measures, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded report from the Urban Institute ...

Economic Value Added (EVA) is a measure of a business enterprise's economic performance based on what is added to that enterprise's value by its operating earnings (net of tax) reduced by the ...

Performance measures must align with portfolio use and features. Avoid Sharpe and similar ratios due to flaws; consider alternatives like trimmed alpha, median returns, and value at risk. CAGR is ...

Let’s say a client asks you, “What was the best-performing fund last year?” Or perhaps they want to know, “What was the performance of the S&P 500 last year?” Processing Content Before answering, it ...