Panel about Surgeon Scorecard

Propublica's Surgeon Scorecard has been controversial and has garnered much praise and criticism. Everyone acknowledges that it's not perfect, but some (like us) think that it's a tremendous step forward, while others think that Propublica should have not published their findings. Kaiser sponsored a panel discussion about it, which was quite interesting. A couple people seem to claim that medical errors are worse now, than in 1999.

Fortunately, everyone on the panel (including someone in hospital administration) seems to be in favor of performance transparency in principle. Questions remain as to how to go about increasing transparency, and whether incremental efforts are good enough.