Measuring the Quality of Physician Practice by Using Clinical Vignettes: A Prospective Validation Study

Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites. To validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice by using a comparison with standar...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of internal medicine Jg. 141; H. 10; S. 771 - 780
Hauptverfasser: Peabody, John W., Luck, Jeff, Glassman, Peter, Jain, Sharad, Hansen, Joyce, Spell, Maureen, Lee, Martin
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Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, PA American College of Physicians 16.11.2004
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Abstract Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites. To validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice by using a comparison with standardized patients (the gold standard method), and to determine whether vignettes are a more or less accurate method than medical record abstraction. Prospective, multisite study. Outpatient primary care clinics in 2 Veterans Affairs medical centers and 2 large, private medical centers. 144 of 163 eligible physicians agreed to participate, and, of these, 116 were randomly selected to see standardized patients, to complete vignettes, or both. Scores, expressed as the percentage of explicit quality criteria correctly completed, were obtained by using 3 methods. Among all physicians, the quality of clinical practice as measured by the standardized patients was 73% correct (95% CI, 72.1% to 73.4%). By using exactly the same criteria, physicians scored 68% (CI, 67.9% to 68.9%) when measured by the vignettes but only 63% (CI, 62.7% to 64.0%) when assessed by medical record abstraction. These findings were consistent across all diseases and were independent of case complexity or physician training level. Vignettes also accurately measured unnecessary care. Finally, vignettes seem to capture the range in the quality of clinical practice among physicians within a site. Despite finding variation in the quality of clinical practice, we did not determine whether poorer quality translated into worse health status for patients. In addition, the quality scores are based on measurements from 1 patient-provider interaction. As with all other scoring criteria, vignette criteria must be regularly updated. Vignettes are a valid tool for measuring the quality of clinical practice. They can be used for diverse clinical settings, diseases, physician types, and situations in which case-mix variation is a concern. They are inexpensive and easy to use. Vignettes are particularly useful for comparing quality among and within sites and may be useful for longitudinal evaluations of interventions intended to change clinical practice.
AbstractList Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites. Using a comparison with standardized patients, Peabody et al validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice and determine whether vignettes are a more or less accurate method than medical record abstraction.
Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites.BACKGROUNDWorldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites.To validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice by using a comparison with standardized patients (the gold standard method), and to determine whether vignettes are a more or less accurate method than medical record abstraction.OBJECTIVETo validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice by using a comparison with standardized patients (the gold standard method), and to determine whether vignettes are a more or less accurate method than medical record abstraction.Prospective, multisite study.DESIGNProspective, multisite study.Outpatient primary care clinics in 2 Veterans Affairs medical centers and 2 large, private medical centers.SETTINGOutpatient primary care clinics in 2 Veterans Affairs medical centers and 2 large, private medical centers.144 of 163 eligible physicians agreed to participate, and, of these, 116 were randomly selected to see standardized patients, to complete vignettes, or both.PARTICIPANTS144 of 163 eligible physicians agreed to participate, and, of these, 116 were randomly selected to see standardized patients, to complete vignettes, or both.Scores, expressed as the percentage of explicit quality criteria correctly completed, were obtained by using 3 methods.MEASUREMENTSScores, expressed as the percentage of explicit quality criteria correctly completed, were obtained by using 3 methods.Among all physicians, the quality of clinical practice as measured by the standardized patients was 73% correct (95% CI, 72.1% to 73.4%). By using exactly the same criteria, physicians scored 68% (CI, 67.9% to 68.9%) when measured by the vignettes but only 63% (CI, 62.7% to 64.0%) when assessed by medical record abstraction. These findings were consistent across all diseases and were independent of case complexity or physician training level. Vignettes also accurately measured unnecessary care. Finally, vignettes seem to capture the range in the quality of clinical practice among physicians within a site.RESULTSAmong all physicians, the quality of clinical practice as measured by the standardized patients was 73% correct (95% CI, 72.1% to 73.4%). By using exactly the same criteria, physicians scored 68% (CI, 67.9% to 68.9%) when measured by the vignettes but only 63% (CI, 62.7% to 64.0%) when assessed by medical record abstraction. These findings were consistent across all diseases and were independent of case complexity or physician training level. Vignettes also accurately measured unnecessary care. Finally, vignettes seem to capture the range in the quality of clinical practice among physicians within a site.Despite finding variation in the quality of clinical practice, we did not determine whether poorer quality translated into worse health status for patients. In addition, the quality scores are based on measurements from 1 patient-provider interaction. As with all other scoring criteria, vignette criteria must be regularly updated.LIMITATIONSDespite finding variation in the quality of clinical practice, we did not determine whether poorer quality translated into worse health status for patients. In addition, the quality scores are based on measurements from 1 patient-provider interaction. As with all other scoring criteria, vignette criteria must be regularly updated.Vignettes are a valid tool for measuring the quality of clinical practice. They can be used for diverse clinical settings, diseases, physician types, and situations in which case-mix variation is a concern. They are inexpensive and easy to use. Vignettes are particularly useful for comparing quality among and within sites and may be useful for longitudinal evaluations of interventions intended to change clinical practice.CONCLUSIONSVignettes are a valid tool for measuring the quality of clinical practice. They can be used for diverse clinical settings, diseases, physician types, and situations in which case-mix variation is a concern. They are inexpensive and easy to use. Vignettes are particularly useful for comparing quality among and within sites and may be useful for longitudinal evaluations of interventions intended to change clinical practice.
Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult to compare among sites. To validate whether vignettes accurately measure the quality of clinical practice by using a comparison with standardized patients (the gold standard method), and to determine whether vignettes are a more or less accurate method than medical record abstraction. Prospective, multisite study. Outpatient primary care clinics in 2 Veterans Affairs medical centers and 2 large, private medical centers. 144 of 163 eligible physicians agreed to participate, and, of these, 116 were randomly selected to see standardized patients, to complete vignettes, or both. Scores, expressed as the percentage of explicit quality criteria correctly completed, were obtained by using 3 methods. Among all physicians, the quality of clinical practice as measured by the standardized patients was 73% correct (95% CI, 72.1% to 73.4%). By using exactly the same criteria, physicians scored 68% (CI, 67.9% to 68.9%) when measured by the vignettes but only 63% (CI, 62.7% to 64.0%) when assessed by medical record abstraction. These findings were consistent across all diseases and were independent of case complexity or physician training level. Vignettes also accurately measured unnecessary care. Finally, vignettes seem to capture the range in the quality of clinical practice among physicians within a site. Despite finding variation in the quality of clinical practice, we did not determine whether poorer quality translated into worse health status for patients. In addition, the quality scores are based on measurements from 1 patient-provider interaction. As with all other scoring criteria, vignette criteria must be regularly updated. Vignettes are a valid tool for measuring the quality of clinical practice. They can be used for diverse clinical settings, diseases, physician types, and situations in which case-mix variation is a concern. They are inexpensive and easy to use. Vignettes are particularly useful for comparing quality among and within sites and may be useful for longitudinal evaluations of interventions intended to change clinical practice.
Author Lee, Martin
Jain, Sharad
Glassman, Peter
Hansen, Joyce
Peabody, John W.
Spell, Maureen
Luck, Jeff
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Snippet Worldwide efforts are under way to improve the quality of clinical practice. Most quality measurements, however, are poorly validated, expensive, and difficult...
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SubjectTerms Ambulatory Care - standards
Benchmarking - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Competence - standards
Computers
General aspects
Health care
Humans
Measurement
Medical sciences
Patient Simulation
Performance evaluation
Physicians
Primary Health Care - standards
Professional practice
Prospective Studies
Quality of Health Care
Quality of service
Title Measuring the Quality of Physician Practice by Using Clinical Vignettes: A Prospective Validation Study
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