Jean-Marie Boeynaems

Nov 21, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Jean-Marie Boeynaems

The importance of using medications appropriately cannot be overstated when it comes to effectively managing diseases and achieving positive health outcomes (Kim et al., 2018). Unfortunately, over the past two decades, there has been a global problem with the improper use of medications, particularly among older adults (Rochon et al., 2021).

Oct 9, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Jean-Marie Boeynaems |Douglas Slain |Stephen H. Gillespie

1 IntroductionOver the past few decades, public reporting of health providers’ performance (PRHPP) has been increasingly used for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care (Marshall et al., 2000). It started in the United States in the 1980s (Hannan et al., 1994) and has since been adopted by many other developed countries (Hibbard et al., 2003; Marshall et al., 2003).