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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 15:101-102 (2003)
© 2003 International Society for Quality in Health Care

Editorial

Quest for physician practice improvement

Josie R. Williams and Bernard M. Rosof

Texas A&M University Systems Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA
North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY, USA

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The year 2003 dawns on an exciting vibrant progressive quest for the science of medicine. This quest has not disappointed as we stand on the threshold of new genomic manipulation of genetic engineering, virtual reality surgery, etc. The profession has had champions of evaluating how well we deliver the science of medicine since before Hippocrates. Centuries have witnessed physicians since Galen uttering ‘Primum non nocere’ and espousing the principles embodied in that familiar phrase. However, physician practices worldwide are an array of heterogeneity. Differences may be found in specialty, sub-specialty, locale, practice type, patient mix, work-hours, work-habits, payment arrangements, and national expectations, yet the art and science of medicine, the profession of medicine, is similar in most individual physician–patient encounters. Collectively across nations we have begun to evaluate how to respond to the increasing . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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