January 23, 2006

Doctors: Grading us isn't the best medicine

The Greater Detroit Public Health Council is planning on issuing physician report cards, and doctors don't like the idea. The rating system may penalize physicians who practice in urban areas like Detroit that have high numbers of medically underserved and sicker patients, said John Flack, chief quality officer for the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the principal investigator for Wayne's Center for Urban African-American Health.

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