Pawlson L Gregory
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Isr J Health Policy Res. 2014 May 27;3:18. doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-3-18. eCollection 2014.
As the fields of quality assessment and improvement become integral parts of medical practice, the roles of National Medical Associations, and other physician organizations in these endeavors have undergone major changes in scope and intensity as well. The survey based report in this journal by Levi et al. suggests some major overall trends but also notes wide variation from country to country. In this commentary, we touch on some likely reasons for the variation seen in the focus of physician organization participation in quality activities, and offer some suggestions for why expanded involvement by physician organizations may be critical to quality efforts going forward.
随着质量评估与改进领域成为医疗实践的重要组成部分，国家医学协会及其他医师组织在这些工作中的角色在范围和力度上也发生了重大变化。Levi等人在本期刊发表的基于调查的报告指出了一些主要的总体趋势，但也注意到各国之间存在很大差异。在这篇评论中，我们探讨了医师组织参与质量活动的重点存在差异的一些可能原因，并就医师组织扩大参与为何可能对未来的质量工作至关重要提出了一些建议。
