Context In response to growing concerns over rising costs and major variation in quality,
improving value for patients has been proposed as a fundamentally new strategy for how …

The graduate medical education (GME) system is heavily subsidized by the public in return
for producing physicians who meet society's needs. Under the terms of this implicit social …

Background Unwarranted between-hospital variation is a persistent health care quality
issue. It is unknown whether urology patients are prone to this variation. Objective To …

Importance The American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Rectal
Cancer (NAPRC) promotes multidisciplinary care to improve oncologic outcomes in rectal …

Introduction: We describe the establishment of the Michigan Urological Surgery
Improvement Collaborative—Kidney mass: Identifying and Defining Necessary Evaluation …

Purpose The aim of the study was to examine the role of collaborative approaches
(productive collaboration, collaborative innovation and collaborative risk management) in …

Objective To determine the degree of contemporary practice variation for the treatment of
urethral stricture disease (USD) given repeated endoscopic management yields poor long …

Introduction: Multiple urological societies recommend chest imaging for suspicious renal
masses using chest x-ray or CT as clinically indicated. The purpose of chest imaging is to …

Background Lung cancer management is characterised by a high disease burden, poor
survival and substantial variation in management and outcomes. Service redesign provides …

Background Diagnostic errors are harmful and pervasive. The Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation funded the Diagnostic Excellence Initiative (Initiative) to support the …