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Organizational work–family resources as predictors of job performance and attitudes: The process of work–family conflict and enrichment.

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

The goal of the current study was to test a model where organizational resources (aimed at managing work and family responsibilities) predict job attitudes and supervisor ratings of performance through the mechanisms of work–family conflict and work–family enrichment. Employees (n = 174) at a large metropolitan hospital were surveyed at two time periods regarding perceptions of family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), family supportive organizational perceptions (FSOP), bidirectional work–family conflict, bidirectional work–family enrichment, and job attitudes. Supervisors were also asked to provide performance ratings at Time 2. Results revealed FSSB at Time 1 predicted job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave, as well as supervisor ratings of perfo...

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Thoughts on Thinking: Engaging Novice Music Students in Metacognition

Applied Cognitive Psychology — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

AbstractAchieving expertise in any area requires extensive practice and engagement with the subject one desires to master. As not all practice yields good progress, methods must be found that lead learners to practice effectively. Many experts employ highly tailored practice involving metacognitive processes, but novices rarely engage in frequent and explicit metacognitive strategies during practice. As a result, novice progress may be impeded through repetition of systematic errors and ineffective techniques. Our study provides evidence of the effectiveness of teaching metacognition to novice music students through weekly lessons. Thirty‐five adolescent students of six instructors were randomly assigned to metacognitive focus or existing practice teaching conditions. Students receiving ...

Measuring performance in dynamic decision making: Reliability and validity of the tailorshop simulation.

Journal of Individual Differences — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

The Tailorshop simulation is a computer-based dynamic decision-making task in which participants lead a fictional company for 12 simulated months. The present study investigated whether the performance measure in the Tailorshop simulation is reliable and valid. The participants were 158 employees from different companies. Structural equation models were used to test τ-equivalent measurement models. The results indicate that the trends of the company value between the second and the twelfth month are reliable variables. Furthermore, this measure predicted real-life job performance ratings by supervisors and was associated with the performance in another dynamic decision-making task. Thus, the trend of the company value provides a reliable and valid performance indicator for the Tailorshop ...

Top-Notch Hospitals Often Have Physicians at Top

Cardiology News — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

In a time when hospitals are looking for ways to optimize their performance, a recent study suggests an association between physician-led hospitals and high performance ratings. (Source: Cardiology News)

Longitudinal Effects of Different Types of Practice on the Development of Chess Expertise

Applied Cognitive Psychology — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100

SummaryA view holds that expertise level depends on practice alone and that certain types of practice are important or unimportant. Supporting evidence largely comes from studies using a correlational retrospective recall paradigm, usually with small samples. Initially, these studies were partially replicated with 533 international chess players. Log number of games played was the strongest predictor of latest performance rating. Then, effects of study hours, having had coaching and the number of games played were examined longitudinally to control for key variables confounded in the retrospective recall paradigm. Groups with a nearly 5–1 median difference in weekly study hours, roughly equated on time in the domain and the number of games played, were observed over 7 years. More study...

Negative post-event processing and decreased self-appraisals of performance following social stress in childhood social anxiety: An experimental study.

Behaviour Research and Therapy — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Authors: Schmitz J, Krämer M, Tuschen-Caffier B Abstract Cognitive models of social phobia (SP) assume that following social evaluative stress, individuals with SP engage into dysfunctional post-event processing (PEP), a detailed negative review of the past event. While previous research has already shown, that children with high levels of social fears suffer from more frequent negative PEP, it remains unclear how stable PEP is across time in this age group and whether it leads to degraded self-appraisals of performance. Therefore in the present study we exposed a group of high (HSA) and low socially anxious children (LSA; both n = 20), aged 10-12 years, to a social evaluative situation and assessed negative and positive PEP as well as self-rated performance at 2.5 h and one we...

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Predicting the performance and innovativeness of scientists and engineers.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0100

A study of 644 scientists and engineers from 5 corporate research and development organizations investigated hypotheses generated from an interactionist framework of 4 individual characteristics as longitudinal predictors of performance and innovativeness. An innovative orientation predicted 1-year-later and 5-years-later supervisory job performance ratings and 5-years-later counts of patents and publications. An internal locus of control predicted 5-years-later patents and publications, and self-esteem predicted performance ratings for both times and patents. Team-level nonroutine tasks moderated the individual-level relationships between an innovative orientation and performance ratings and patents such that the relationships were stronger in a nonroutine task environment. Implications f...

Intern final oral examinations: An exploration of alternative models of competency.

Training and Education in Professional Psychology — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100

The training committee of an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited VA internship program implemented oral examinations as a method of assessing interns' readiness for independent practice. Performance criteria for the examinations were constructed using four models of professional competency: (a) APA Benchmarks/Cube, (b) California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP; Petti, 2008), (c) American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) Clinical Psychology, and (d) the local internship performance rating system. Two to three interns were assigned to each model, and examiners rated competencies during an oral case presentation. All interns passed according to the summary criterion for their assigned model. On postexamination process inquiry, interns and examiners were most sa...

London nursing entry requirments not linked to course quality

Nursing Times Breaking News — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Entry requirements for adult nursing courses in London appear to bear little relation to their quality, according to the latest performance ratings. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)

Further consideration of the use of narrow trait scales.

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100

This study examined whether inclusion of narrow personality trait scales improved prediction of job performance enough to overcome increased capitalization on chance characteristics of the sample. Data were obtained from 262 midlevel managers who had completed a personality inventory and had been assessed using multisource performance ratings. Three methods of combining trait scores organized under the 5-factor model were compared in order to better understand the contribution of variance specific to the narrow traits in the prediction of performance: common factor scores, unit-weighted composite scores, and regression-weighted composites. Results showed that on average the sets of facet scores explained an additional 9% of the variance in performance beyond summated composites and 10% bey...

A Cautionary Note on Modeling Multitrait-Multirater Data Arising From Ill-Structured Measurement Designs

Organizational Research Methods — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100

The authors illustrate a problem with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)-based strategies to model disaggregated multitrait—multirater (MTMR) data—the potential to find markedly different results with the same sample of ratees simply as a result of how one selects and identifies raters within the data set one has gathered for analysis. Using performance ratings gathered as part of a large criterion-related validation study, the authors show how such differences manifest themselves in several ways including variation in (a) covariance matrices that serve as input for the modeling effort, (b) model convergence, (c) admissibility of solutions, (d) overall model fit, (e) model parameter estimates, and (f) model selection. Implications of this study for past research and recommendat...

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Experts concerned by variations in colon cancer death rates after surgery

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:30:00 +0100

Overall fewer people are dying, but authorities are considering publishing surgeons' performance ratings to raise standardsThe first comparisons of NHS hospitals' success rates in treating bowel cancer show "worrying variations" in patients' deaths within a month of surgery and could pave the way for publication of performance ratings of individual cancer surgeons, as they already are for heart surgeons.Although the study suggests there have been improvements between 1998 (when the national 30-day mortality rate was 6.8%) and 2006 (when it was 5.8%), the 30-day mortality rate of 6.7% over the nine years was poor compared with figures from Scandinavian countries, Canada and the US, which range from 2.7% to 5.9%.Research at Leeds University, funded by the charity Cancer Research UK and publi...

Physicians reentering clinical practice: Characteristics and clinical abilities

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:56:08 +0100

This article studies the medical licensure status, performance, and correlates between physician characteristics and performance on initial assessment.MethodsSixty‐two physicians who left practice voluntarily and without discipline or sanction and who were returning to practice in the same discipline as their previous practice participated in the CPEP reentry program. Physicians completed an objective clinical skills assessment including clinical interviews by specialty‐matched board‐certified physicians, simulated patient encounters, a documentation exercise, and a cognitive function screen. Physicians were rated from 1 (no or limited educational needs) to 4 (global, pervasive deficits). Performance scores were compared based on select physician characteristics.ResultsTwenty‐five ...

Adolescence and parental approval

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:23:15 +0100

"How can you say my approval matters to my teenager," asked the parent, "when he continually behaves in ways he knows I'll disapprove? Besides, when I do disapprove he just acts like he doesn't care. If you ask me, he wants my disapproval!""I'm right," I replied. "And so are you. Parental approval can be complicated and confusing."read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

A Multi‐Source, Multi‐Study Investigation of Job Performance Prediction by Political Skill

Applied Psychology — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:10:25 +0100

Political skill is a social effectiveness construct with a demonstrated capacity to predict job performance. However, because performance prediction research in this area to date has made exclusive use of self‐reports of political skill, and due to frequent distrust of self‐ratings of constructs in important personnel decisions, there is a need to investigate how multiple alternative sources of political skill and job performance measures relate, thus raising both theoretical and methodological issues. In three studies, employing a triadic data collection methodology, and utilising both cross‐sectional and longitudinal designs, this research tested the hypotheses that employee political skill, measured from the perspective of employees' assessor A, will positively predict job perform...

How do physicians assess their family physician colleagues' performance? Creating a rubric to inform assessment and feedback

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

DiscussionThe CPSNS has used the assessment rubric to create an online resource to inform medical colleague assessment and enhance the usefulness of their NSPAR scores. Further research will be required to determine its impact. (Source: Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions)

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Branched-chain Amino Acid Supplementation Lowers Perceived Exertion But Does Not Affect Performance in Untrained Males

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:36:05 +0100

Greer, BK, White, JP, Arguello, EM, and Haymes, EM. Branched-chain amino acid supplementation lowers perceived exertion but does not affect performance in untrained males. J Strength Cond Res 25(2): 539-544, 2011-The purpose of this study was to determine whether branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) supplementation affects aerobic performance, ratings of perceived exertion (RPE), or substrate utilization as compared with an isocaloric, carbohydrate (CHO) beverage or a noncaloric placebo (PLAC) beverage. Nine untrained males performed three 90-minute cycling bouts at 55% V̇o2 peak followed by 15-minute time trials. Subjects, who were blinded to beverage selection, ingested a total of 200 kcal via the CHO or BCAA beverage before and at 60 minutes of exercise or the PLAC beverage on the same tim...

Evaluation of a leadership orientation program in Taiwan: Preceptorship and leader competencies of the new nurse manager

Nurse Education Today — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Summary: The Leadership Orientation Program is designed to provide new nurse managers with the experience and support that assures them of a smooth transition from their current roles to being managers. The main objective of this study was to gain an understanding of the relationship that exists between a nursing preceptorship and a new nurse manager's competencies; it also attempted to establish a predictive model of leader competencies to improve the program.A descriptive cross-sectional research design and rigorous questionnaires were used in this study. Fifteen new nurse managers, 101 staff nurses, and 20 nurse administrators were recruited from those engaged in ongoing preceptorship.Over the course of the study statistically significant improvements in preceptorship were noted in both...

Fatigue and Functional Impairment in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Survivors

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

This study examined the prevalence, severity, and correlates of fatigue among early stage NSCLC survivors.Methods: Three-hundred fifty individuals diagnosed and surgically treated for Stage IA or IB NSCLC completed a survey that included the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) to assess the prevalence and severity of fatigue. The Karnofsky Self-Reported Performance Rating scale (SR-KPS) was used as a measure of functional status and was compared with the severity of fatigue through Chi-squared analyses. Demographic, psychological, and medical correlates of fatigue were examined using logistic regression.Results: The prevalence of fatigue was 57%. Forty-one percent (n=142) of participants had mild fatigue and 16.8% (n=59) had moderate or severe fatigue (BFI≥4). Among the individuals reporting m...

Medco's 2011 National Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Earns CMS 5-Star Quality And Performance Rating

Health News from Medical News Today — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) today announced that its 2011 Medco Medicare Prescription Plan® earned the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) highest overall quality and performance rating 5 Stars for its national Prescription Drug Plan (PDP). CMS rates the relative quality of the private plans that are offered to Medicare beneficiaries on a scale of one to five, with five stars representing the highest quality. Medco's plan is the only national plan to earn a 5-Star overall rating, which is 1.5 points higher than the average 3... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Treating the Poor Linked to Poor Performance Rating (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Public Health — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:02:31 +0100

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians who see more socially disadvantaged and nonwhite patients received overall lower-quality performance ratings -- while doctors who see fewer such patients received higher rankings, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)

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Metrics: include refereeing as part of performance rating

Nature — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Authors: Pedro Cintas & Elena Paoletti It is important to find a means to incorporate reviewing activities into the assessment of scientific performance, alongside conventional measures (Nature465, 870–872; 2010).Reviewing manuscripts is considered as a non-research task and is hard to reward. The Second (Source: Nature)

Corporate psychopathy: Talking the walk

Behavioral Sciences and the Law — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100

In this study, we had a unique opportunity to examine psychopathy and its correlates in a sample of 203 corporate professionals selected by their companies to participate in management development programs. The correlates included demographic and status variables, as well as in-house 360° assessments and performance ratings. The prevalence of psychopathic traits - as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R) and a Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL: SV) "equivalent" - was higher than that found in community samples. The results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that the underlying latent structure of psychopathy in our corporate sample was consistent with that model found in community and offender studies. Psych...

The association of fatty acid deficiency symptoms (FADS) with actual essential fatty acid status in cheek cells

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0100

Abstract: Seven clinical symptoms have been utilised in several studies as a means of potentially identifying children with a deficiency in essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was any correlation between parental reports of the frequency of these seven ‘fatty acid deficiency symptoms’ (FADS) with actual levels of fatty acids in buccal cell samples of 450 children aged 8–10 years old. Additionally, the relationship between FADS and cognitive test performance, ratings of attention and behaviour and other somatic complaints were explored.The severity of reported FADS was not related to the levels of omega-6 or omega-3 in buccal cell samples. There was a relationship between parental reports of child behaviour and repo...

The reliability of in-training assessment when performance improvement is taken into account

Advances in Health Sciences Education — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:52:47 +0100

Abstract During in-training assessment students are frequently assessed over a longer period of time and therefore it can be expected that their performance will improve. We studied whether there really is a measurable performance improvement when students are assessed over an extended period of time and how this improvement affects the reliability of the overall judgement. In-training assessment results were obtained from 104 students on rotation at our university hospital or at one of the six affiliated hospitals. Generalisability theory was used in combination with multilevel analysis to obtain reliability coefficients and to estimate the number of assessments needed for reliable overall judgement, both including and excluding performance improvement. Students’ clinic...

Differentiating specific job knowledge from implicit trait policies in procedural knowledge measured by a situational judgment test.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

This study compared validities of situational judgment test (SJT) scoring keys that were presumed to be differentially saturated with specific knowledge about effective job behavior and general knowledge about effective trait expression. The keys were based on subject matter experts’ effectiveness judgments, undergraduates’ effectiveness judgments, and graduate students’ trait judgments. We used data reported earlier by Motowidlo, Dunnette, and Carter (1990) with managerial incumbents in telecommunication companies. All keys yielded valid relations with supervisory performance ratings. The key based on subject matter experts’ judgments, however, explained criterion variance beyond the variance explained by the other keys. These results suggest that specific knowledge about effectiv...

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The impact of statistical adjustment on conditional standard errors of measurement in the assessment of physician communication skills

Advances in Health Sciences Education — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:51:17 +0100

This study employed ordinary least squares regression to adjust ratings, and then used generalizability theory to evaluate the impact of these adjustments on score reliability and the overall standard error of measurement. In addition, conditional standard errors of measurement were computed for both observed and adjusted scores to determine whether the improvements in measurement precision were uniform across the score distribution. Results indicated that measurement was generally less precise for communication ratings toward the lower end of the score distribution; and the improvement in measurement precision afforded by statistical modeling varied slightly across the score distribution such that the most improvement occurred in the upper-middle range of the score scale. Possible r...

Understanding performance ratings: Dynamic performance, attributions, and rating purpose.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:27:39 +0100

The present two studies integrate and extend the literatures on dynamic performance, performance attributions, and rating purpose, making several important contributions. First, examining attributions of dynamic performance, Study 1 predicted that performance mean and trend would affect judged ratee ability and effort and that performance variation would affect locus of causality; both predictions were supported by the results. Second, investigating the interaction between dynamic performance and rating purpose, Study 2 predicted that performance mean would have a stronger impact on administrative than on developmental ratings, whereas performance trend and variation would have a stronger impact on developmental than on administrative ratings; again, both predictions were borne out by the ...

U.S. Global Investors earns accolades for four funds

bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:54:56 +0100

Four mutual funds managed by U.S. Global Investors Inc. have earned top-performance ratings from Lipper Inc. and the Wall Street Journal. (GROW) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)

NHS performance ratings 2008/09

PCCAS: Full newsfeed — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:44 +0100

The Care Quality Commission has published performance... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)

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KLAS: Medical transcription market is 'volatile'

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:06:51 +0100

Maintaining the status quo won't be good enough for vendors in the fiercely competitive medical transcription services market, according to KLAS. The company's new report, "Transcription Services: Steady Demand in a Volatile Market," includes performance ratings for 15 medical transcription service organizations (MTSOs), and the field looks different from KLAS' June 2008 report. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Study Finds Medical 'Pay For Performance' Programs Help Improve Care - But Not Always

Public Health News From Medical News Today — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care, but not always, study finds

ScienceDaily Headlines — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Everybody likes a raise in pay. Even health care professionals, it appears. Now a new study reports that the performance ratings of patient care from 25 medical groups throughout California significantly improved after the start of a statewide pay-for-performance program in 2004. But not if incentives focus on your doctor's productivity. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care — but not always, study finds

UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0100

Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire. A new UCLA study shows that patient-care performance ratings for 25 medical groups across California improved significantly following the launch of a statewide pay-for-performance program in 2004 — but not when incentives focused on doctors' productivity. Reporting in the December edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Hector P. Rodriguez, assistant professor in the department of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health, and colleagues found evidence that certain kinds of financial incentives for the purpose o...

Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care -- but not always, study finds

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

(University of California - Los Angeles) Everybody likes a raise in pay. Even health care professionals, it appears. Now a new study out of UCLA reports that the performance ratings of patient care from 25 medical groups throughout California significantly improved after the start of a statewide pay-for-performance program in 2004. But not if incentives focus on your doctor's productivity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

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Hand-off Education and Evaluation: Piloting the Observed Simulated Hand-off Experience (OSHE)

Journal of General Internal Medicine — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:40:26 +0100

Discussion This brief, standardized hand-off training exercise improved students’ confidence and was rated highly by trained observers. Future work focuses on formal validation of the Hand-off CEX instrument. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Innovations in EducationDOI 10.1007/s11606-009-1170-yAuthors Jeanne M. Farnan, The University of Chicago Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine 5841 South Maryland Ave., MC 2007, Room W216 Chicago IL 60637 USAJ. A. M. Paro, The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago IL USAR. M. Rodriguez, The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago IL USAS. T. Reddy, The University of Chicago Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine 5841 South Maryland Ave., MC 2007, Room W216 C...

Core self-evaluations and job performance: The role of the perceived work environment.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:39 +0100

Using trait activation theory as a framework, the authors examined the moderating role of two situational variables—perceptions of organizational politics and perceptions of leader effectiveness—on the relationship between core self-evaluations and job performance. Results from two samples (N = 137 and N = 226) indicate that employee perceptions of their work environment moderated the relationship between their core self-evaluations and supervisor ratings of their performance. In particular, those with higher core self-evaluations received higher performance ratings in environments perceived as favorable than in environments perceived as unfavorable. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Applied Psychology)

The five-factor model of personality and managerial performance: Validity gains through the use of 360 degree performance ratings.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:38 +0100

This study investigated the usefulness of the five-factor model (FFM) of personality in predicting two aspects of managerial performance (task vs. contextual) assessed by utilizing the 360 degree performance rating system. The authors speculated that one reason for the low validity of the FFM might be the failure of single-source (e.g., supervisor) ratings to comprehensively capture the construct of managerial performance. The operational validity of personality was found to increase substantially (50%–74%) across all of the FFM personality traits when both peer and subordinate ratings were added to supervisor ratings according to the multitrait–multimethod approach. Furthermore, the authors responded to the recent calls to validate tests via a multivariate (e.g., multitrait–multimet...

NHS performance ratings 2008/09

NHS Networks — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:01:12 +0100

The Care Quality Comission have published performance ratings for all 392 NHS trusts in England. There assessment, also known as the ‘annual health check’ shows big improvements for patients. More people are: seen in A&E within four hours receiving treatment within eighteen weeks of referral screened for Chlamydia. It also shows a reduction in MRSA and Clostridium difficile. Overall, our ratings for 2008/09 show the NHS: is performing well on quality has significantly improved its financial management. However, there are concerns about: the 20 trusts rated weak on quality, particularly those rated weak over a number of years; trusts rated fair for too long without improving. Click here for further information regarding your local NHS trust. (Source:...

Royal College Of Nursing Praises Improvement In The NHS, But Worst Performers Must Do More, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0100

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) responded to the latest NHS performance ratings, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). These are the final ratings to be published by the CQC before all trusts will have to meet new registrations requirements in order to continue to deliver care. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Patients Have Right To Know Why Some Trusts Consistently Perform Poorly - The King's Fund, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Commenting on the publication of performance ratings for all 392 NHS trusts in England, The King's Fund chief executive, Niall Dickson, said: 'Overall this report reveals an NHS that appears to be performing well. The fact that this year more trusts are rated excellent and good in both quality and financial management is encouraging. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

RCN praises improvement in the NHS, but worst performers must do more

Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:20 +0100

The Royal College of Nursing has responded to the latest NHS performance ratings in England, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). (Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News)

Care Quality Commission publishes NHS performance ratings (Annual Health Check) for England 2008/09

NeLM - News — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100

Source: Care Quality Commission (CQC) Area: News The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its annual health check (2008-09), listing performance ratings for all 392 NHS trusts in England. The Commission assesses the quality of services and of financial management. For quality, 15% of trusts were rated as "excellent", 47% "good", 33% "fair" and 5% "weak". Last year's ratings were 26%, 35%, 34% and 6% respectively. On financial management, 26% were rated "excellent", 45% "good", 26% "fair" and 3% "weak". Last year's ratings were 24%, 37%, 34% and 5% respectively. The Commission expressed concern about the 20 trusts rated weak on quality, particularly those rated weak over a number of years and those rated fair for too long without improving. A postcode search box is ...

Can Recruiting Rankings Predict the Success of NCAA Division I Football Teams? An Examination of the Relationships among Rivals and Scouts Recruiting Rankings and Jeff Sagarin End-of-Season Ratings in Collegiate Football

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:12:43 +0100

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationships among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football teams' 2002 recruiting rankings from the Rivals (RIV) and Scouts (SCO) recruiting services and the Jeff Sagarin end-of-season performance ratings from 2002-2006. The RIV and SCO recruiting services included rankings for 100 common NCAA Division I football teams for the 2002 recruiting season. Each recruiting service included a total point system rating (TOTPTS) and average star rating (AVESTAR). The Jeff Sagarin NCAA football ratings system was chosen as an indicator of the teams' performance. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients (R) and the corresponding predictive indices (R2) were used to examine whether the 2002 RIV & SCO TOTPTS and RIV ...

Evaluating frame-of-reference rater training effectiveness using performance schema accuracy.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:59:10 +0100

Frame-of-reference training has been shown to be an effective intervention for improving the accuracy of performance ratings (e.g., Woehr & Huffcutt, 1994). Despite evidence in support of the effectiveness of frame-of-reference training, few studies have empirically addressed the ultimate goal of such training, which is to teach raters to share a common conceptualization of performance (Athey & McIntyre, 1987; Woehr, 1994). The present study tested the hypothesis that, following training, frame-of-reference–trained raters would possess schemas of performance that are more similar to a referent schema, as compared with control-trained raters. Schema accuracy was also hypothesized to be positively related to rating accuracy. Results supported these hypotheses. Implications for frame-of-ref...

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Implications of Virtual Management for Subordinate Performance Appraisals: A Pair of Simulation Studies

Journal of Applied Social Psychology — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100

This article shifts the focus of prior research examining virtual work to investigate how supervisors who work virtually use subordinate performance information. Drawing insights from several research streams, in Study 1, we propose that supervisors who work virtually bias performance ratings in the direction of information that is observed directly in the office, rather than that which is received when working virtually. In Study 2, we replicate and extend these results to show that this bias is independent of the level of performance information received. Results also indicate that, for high-performing workers, performance information received virtually is evaluated more extremely than information observed directly. We did not find evidence for this extremity effect when low-performing w...

Holding managers accountable for their hiring decisions

Psychology Today Work Center — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:39:28 +0100

Imagine you're the CEO of a hypothetical mutual fund company with 10 different mutual funds and 40 managers of those funds. Now, imagine you didn't know which manager had bought which stocks. Absurd, right? You would never be able to make adjustments as far as which managers were good stock pickers and which ones were not. As absurd as this scenario is, there's an equivalent situation in most organizations in that managers are not held accountable for which employees they decide to "invest" in by hiring them. It's very rare that organizations hold hiring managers accountable for their hiring decisions, although the decision to hire an employee is really very similar to the decision to buy a stock- in either case, you are taking a calculated risk and making a prediction about future pe...

Self–other agreement in job performance ratings: A meta-analytic test of a process model.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100

This meta-analysis explores agreement in self- and supervisory ratings of job performance (k = 128 independent samples). It suggests a 3-stage model of the rating process and reviews the empirical evidence for the relevance of each of these 3 stages to an understanding of agreement in ratings. The proposed 3-stage model serves as the guiding rationale for the examination of an extensive set of variables that moderate rater agreement. Results are reported for 2 indicators of rater agreement (correlational and mean-level agreement). Self-supervisor ratings yielded an overall correlation of .22 (? = .34; k = 115; n = 37,752). Position characteristics and the use of nonjudgmental performance indicators were the main moderators. Leniency in self-ratings is indicated by higher mean levels of sel...

Refining the evaluation of operating room performance

Journal of Surgical Education — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100

This study continues examination of the Southern Illinois University (SIU) operative performance rating system (OPRS) for previously unreported factors that may influence reliability, accuracy, and interpretability of results. (Source: Journal of Surgical Education)

Examination and Measurement of Halo Via Curvilinear Regression: A New Approach to Halo1

Journal of Applied Social Psychology — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Much disagreement and confusion has surrounded the nature of the relationship between halo and performance rating accuracy. Traditionally, the relationship has been assumed to be linear (Cooper, 1981), but Fisicaro (1988) proposed that the relationship between halo and performance rating accuracy is, instead, curvilinear. Using the halo index suggested by Balzer & Sulsky (1992), the results of the present study provided empirical evidence to support Fisicaro's proposal. Future research examining the relationship between halo and accuracy should consider the use of quadratic models, instead of linear ones. For the practitioner, this result implies that low rating dimension intercorrelations (negative halo) may lead to inaccuracy in ratings in much the same way as do high rating dimension in...

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Effects of Caloric Restriction and Overnight Fasting on Cycling Endurance Performance.

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Ferguson LM, Rossi KA, Ward E, Jadwin E, Miller TA, Miller WC Ferguson, LM, Rossi, KA, Ward, E, Jadwin, E, Miller, TA, and Miller, WC. Effects of caloric restriction and overnight fasting on cycling endurance performance. J Strength Cond Res 23(2): xxx-xxx, 2009-In addition to aerobic endurance and anaerobic capacity, high power-to-weight ratio (PWR) is important for cycling performance. Cyclists often try to lose weight before race season to improve body composition and optimize PWR. Research has demonstrated body fat-reducing benefits of exercise after fasting overnight. We hypothesized that fasted-state exercise in calorie-restricted trained cyclists would not result in performance decrements and that their PWR would improve significantly. We also hypothesized that substrat...

Getting even for customer mistreatment: The role of moral identity in the relationship between customer interpersonal injustice and employee sabotage.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Research on the "dark side" of organizational behavior has determined that employee sabotage is most often a reaction by disgruntled employees to perceived mistreatment. To date, however, most studies on employee retaliation have focused on intra-organizational sources of (in)justice. Results from this field study of customer service representatives (N = 358) showed that interpersonal injustice from customers relates positively to customer-directed sabotage over and above intra-organizational sources of fairness. Moreover, the association between unjust treatment and sabotage was moderated by 2 dimensions of moral identity (symbolization and internalization) in the form of a 3-way interaction. The relationship between injustice and sabotage was more pronounced for employees high (vs. low) ...

Long-Term Outcomes of Physician Peer Teaching

Clinical Pediatrics — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Research conducted in 10 cities assessed long-term pediatric asthma outcomes from a peer teaching intervention for physicians to improve their asthma-related clinical and counseling skills. Hypotheses were better outcomes for patients, symptom reduction, less health care use, and enhanced view of the physician. Peers trained 53 intervention group pediatricians (seeing 418 patients); 48 pediatricians (seeing 452 patients) were controls. Patients provided baseline and 2-year follow-up data, collected by telephone interview and from medical records. Intent-to-treat analyses used Poisson regression and general estimation equations. Treatment physicians' patients gave them higher performance ratings ( P = .02). Patients had fewer sleep disruptions from asthma symptoms ( P = .03). Those with bas...

The Annual Health Check: Performance Ratings 2007/8 (Healthcare Commission)

Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:10:33 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published performance ratings for all NHS trusts in England. These are based on the results of the 2006/07 annual health check of NHS trusts, the most comprehensive assessment of NHS performance. In its second year, the ann... (Source: Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed)

Healthcare Commission Publishes NHS Ratings Showing Major Improvement In Performance, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission today (Thursday) publishes the annual NHS performance ratings showing that trusts are improving the quality of services and managing money more effectively. The independent watchdog has given all 391 NHS trusts in England a rating in its third annual health check, the most comprehensive assessment of the NHS ever undertaken. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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NHS Performance Ratings Set To Reveal Whether Services Are Improving, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission will this week unveil performance ratings for every NHS trust in England, showing whether organisations have improved their quality of services and made better use of their resources over a three year period. The Commission's annual health check is the most comprehensive assessment of performance ever undertaken in the NHS. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Trust performance ratings to be published on Thursday

HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:14:00 +0100

A detailed picture of whether English NHS trusts are improving should emerge this week when the Healthcare Commission's third annual review is released. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)

Bias in Performance Ratings: Clarifying the Role of Positive Versus Negative Escalation

Human Performance — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

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Asian Variability in Performance Rating Modesty and Leniency Bias

Human Performance — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

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Healthcare Commission plans for 2008/09 assessment of NHS trusts

NeLM Headline News — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published its plans for the 2008/09 annual health check of NHS trusts. The overall structure of the health check is largely unchanged for 2008/09, with with each NHS trust again receiving an overall performance rating in two parts; one for quality of services and one for quality of financial management. The Commission will carry out the 2008/09 health check until the end of the assessment year in April 2009 and the Care Quality Commission, the new regulator for health and social care, is expected to publish the results in autumn 2009. Changes in the 2008/09 annual health check include: • Greater weight being placed on the experience of patients, • Stronger assessment of safety in the NHS • Introduction of new clinical measures for each type of NHS trust...

Deliberate practice predicts performance over time in adolescent chess players and drop-outs: A linear mixed models analysis.

British Journal of Psychology — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100

This study provides longitudinal support for the monotonic benefits assumption of deliberate practice, by showing that over chess players' careers, deliberate practice has a significant effect on performance, and to the same extent for chess players of different ultimate performance levels. The results of this study are not in line with critique raised against the deliberate practice theory that the factors deliberate practice and talent could be confounded. PMID: 18433518 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: British Journal of Psychology)

KLAS Publishes Report On Medication Administration Barcoding At The Point Of Contact

IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:00:00 +0100

In this report, KLAS set out to discover the changes occurring in the marketplace as well as the successes and struggles healthcare providers were encountering. The investigation included vendor performance ratings from their healthcare providers, bar-code technology implementation time, management reports and interfaces. (Source: IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today)

Help direct our future

NHS Direct News and health alerts — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:52:21 +0100

-NHS Direct wants to become the first national organisation to apply for Foundation Trust status - and needs your help! Since 1997, NHS Direct has provided confidential health advice and information around the clock. Becoming a Foundation Trust is the way forward, as it will offer NHS Direct the opportunity to work more closely with its users - you! You will be able to play a vital role in developing NHS Direct's services, and actively shape its future. So what are Foundation Trusts?What is a Foundation Trust?Foundation Trusts (also known as Public Benefit Corporations) are a completely new kind of organisation. They are self-governed organisations, but remain firmly part of the NHS.Becoming a Foundation Trust will mean NHS Direct can work more closely with youA Foundation Trust is only ac...

Delegated limits for capital investment

NHS Networks — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:09:34 +0100

The delegated limits for capital investment published in June 2003 (revised in December 2003) have been updated to reflect capital cost inflation and changes to the trust performance rating system. The body of this guidance note sets out in detail the delegated authority to enter capital transactions of NHS Trusts, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), and addresses some of the frequently asked questions about the application of delegated limits. NHS Foundation Trusts are not subject to delegated limits for capital investment set by the Department of Health. Key features of the arrangements Department of Health The Department of Health’s (DH’s) delegated limit for the approval of full business cases (FBCs) for public capital financed bui...

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PCT Performance Ratings: Re-Organisation Is Bad For Your Health

Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission's announcement of NHS performance ratings for 2006/07 confirms the view of many frontline staff. Re-organisation is bad for your health. The Commission's report emphasises distinct differences in both quality of services and use of resources between those PCTs that were re-organised last year and those that were not. [click link for full article] (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Mencap's Concern At New NHS Performance Ratings Announced By The Healthcare Commission, UK

Public Health News From Medical News Today — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Dame Jo Williams, chief executive of Mencap, said "The performance ratings show that there is still a long way to go to improve the services for people with a learning disability. We are disappointed at the lost opportunity to tackle the inequalities that exist for people with a learning disability accessing healthcare. [click link for full article] (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)

NHS performance ratings

PCCAS: Full newsfeed — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:03:33 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published performance ratings... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)

The Annual Health Check: Performance Ratings 2006/2007 (Healthcare Commission)

Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:50 +0100

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Annual Healthcheck 2006/07

NHS Networks — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:46:12 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published performance ratings for all NHS trusts in England, showing overall improvement in quality of services and use of resources. The independent watchdog is releasing the results of the 2006/07 annual health check of NHS trusts, the most comprehensive assessment of NHS performance. In its second year, the annual health check for the first time now gives people the chance to compare performance. People can see if trusts are improving in meeting the Government’s standards and targets in areas of real importance to them, like quality of care, safety and waiting times. All 394 trusts get an overall rating - on a four-point scale ranging from “excellent” to “weak” – on both quality of services and use of resour...

Healthcare Commission publishes annual health check of NHS trusts in England

NeLM Headline News — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published the results of the 2006/07 annual health check of NHS trusts in England, which includes performance ratings showing an overall improvement. Depending on the services provided at each trust, the Commission’s rating on quality of services is based on: • 24 core standards (with 44 components) in areas such as safety, standards of care and how responsive of a trust to patients. • Up to 19 existing national targets designed to ensure that trusts are meeting basic levels of service in areas such as waiting times. • Up to 14 new national targets designed to promote improvement in broader areas of public health and healthcare such as smoking cessation and reducing health inequalities. All 394 trusts get an overall rating on a four-point scale rangi...

Trusts to receive performance ratings

HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:30:00 +0100

The results of the most comprehensive assessment of NHS performance will be revealed this week. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)

Effects Of Moderate Sleep Deprivation and Low-Dose Alcohol On Driving Simulator Performance and Perception In Young Men

Sleep — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:38:16 +0100

Discussion: These data indicate that combining low-dose alcohol with moderate sleep restriction results in significant decrements to subjective alertness and performance as well as to some driving performance and EEG parameters. This highlights the potential risks of driving after consumption of low and legal doses of alcohol when also sleep restricted. (Source: Sleep)

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Here Comes BlueCompare, Round 2

Blogged_Arteries — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The latest information regarding BlueCompare performance ratings from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS) arrived in physicians' mailboxes last week. The good news is the ratings are based on a much smaller set of performance measures, which were reviewed by a BCBS committee of TMA-member physicians. The bad news is that BCBS has taken very few steps to address serious concerns regarding the physician data used to generate the ratings. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)

Commission for Social Care Inspection publishes annual report

NHS Networks — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0100

The Commission for Social Care Inspection has published its annual report which demonstrates how CSCI has been developing its inspection processes. CSCI has recruited people who use social care services - CSCI call them Experts By Experience - to participate in inspections. They are putting in place ways of assessing the performance of councils, which put more emphasis on the quality of services they commission. And the Commission continues to strengthen its new approach to transform the inspection of regulated services: Inspecting for Better Lives, which emphasises listening to people who use services. Performance ratings, published for all 150 local councils in England, showed steady improvement across the board and CSCI completed 120 inspections of local council social servi...

Does a Structured Free Recall Intervention Reduce the Effect of Stereotypes on Performance Ratings and by What Cognitive Mechanism?

Journal of Applied Psychology — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:07:00 +0100

The purpose of this article was to extend previous work on the effect of racial biases on performance ratings. The 1st of 2 studies examined whether a structured free recall intervention decreased the influence of negative racial biases on the performance ratings of Black men. Results indicated that without the intervention, raters who endorsed a negative stereotype of Black men as managers evaluated Black men more negatively. However, the structured free recall intervention successfully reduced these effects. The second study examined in more detail the cognitive mechanisms underlying the success of the intervention. Results are consistent with the assumption that the reduction of the influence of racial biases under structured free recall conditions is a consequence of a modified strengt...

Job Demands and Job Performance: The mediating effect of psychological and physical strain and the moderating effect of role clarity.

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:07:00 +0100

The aims of the present study were twofold: First, in differentiating between specific job characteristics, the authors examined the moderating influence of role clarity on the relationship between job demands and psychological and physical strain. Second, in providing a more comprehensive link between job demands and job performance, the authors examined strain as a mediator of that relationship. Participants were 1,418 Army cadets attending a 35-day assessment center. Survey data were collected on Day 26 of the assessment center and performance ratings were assessed throughout the assessment center period by expert evaluators. Role clarity was found to moderate the job demands-strain relationship. Specifically, cadets experiencing high demands reported less physical and psychological str...

When Fit Is Fundamental: Performance Evaluations and Promotions of Upper-Level Female and Male Managers.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:06:00 +0100

Using archival organizational data, the authors examined relationships of gender and type of position (i.e., line or staff) to performance evaluations of 448 upper-level managers, and relationships of performance evaluations to promotions during the subsequent 2 years. Consistent with the idea that there is a greater perceived lack of fit between stereotypical attributes of women and requirements of line jobs than staff jobs, women in line jobs received lower performance ratings than women in staff jobs or men in either line or staff jobs. Moreover, promoted women had received higher performance ratings than promoted men and performance ratings were more strongly related to promotions for women than men, suggesting that women were held to stricter standards for promotion. (PsycINFO Databas...

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NHS trusts' performance against core standards for 2006-2007

NeLM Headline News — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has released information on NHS trusts’ self-reported performance against the Government’s core standards for healthcare, for 2006-2007. This information has been made available as part of the Healthcare Commission’s annual health check of English NHS trusts, which replaced the NHS star ratings. Analysis of this year’s declarations shows: • more trusts say they meet all of the standards, with the total declaring full compliance rising from 34% in 2005/2006 to 40% in 2006/2007 • the overall compliance rate is high – above 94% • There was improvement in two standards that relate to compliance with NICE guidance • 60% of trusts acknowledge they need to do more to achieve full compliance • 25% of trusts are declaring non-compliance with ...

Conflicting measures of hospital quality: Ratings from "Hospital Compare" versus "Best Hospitals"

Journal of Hospital Medicine — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100

We examined Hospital Compare scores for core measures related to care for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We calculated composite scores for the disease-specific sets of core measures and a composite combined score for the 14 core measures (across 3 diseases) and determined national score quartile cut points for each set. We then characterized the quartile distribution of Hospital Compare scores for the Best Hospitals for care of cardiac conditions and respiratory disorders in each year, as well as for the Best Hospital "Honor Roll" institutions.AMI scores were available for 2165 hospitals, CHF scores for 3130, and CAP scores for 3462. In both 2004 and 2005, fewer than 50% of the Best Hospitals for cardiac care rate...

Physicians Should Be Able To Review Performance Ratings Before Release, USA

Public Health News From Medical News Today — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:00:00 +0100

A policy paper and principles assuring that physicians are given the opportunity to comment on performance ratings that they believe are inaccurate were adopted this week by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual meeting. [click link for full article] (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)

Physicians should be able to review performance rates before release

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100

A policy paper and principles assuring that physicians are given the opportunity to comment on performance ratings that they believe are inaccurate were adopted this week by the American College of Physicians at its annual meeting. The principles address performance ratings that do not take into account the characteristics of the practice or patient population being treated prior to the release of ratings to the public. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

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Healthcare Commission publishes results of diabetes survey

NeLM news - Diabetes — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The results of a national survey of people with diabetes have been published by the Healthcare Commission. The survey assessed whether people with diabetes are receiving the care, treatment and information they need to manage their diabetes well and reduce the risk of complications. Local PCTs sent the questionnaire out to almost 125,000 adults (aged 16 and over) with diabetes, and responses were received from 68,500 (response rate of 55%). The main findings included: • 73% of respondents said that they were given the right amount of verbal information at the time of diagnosis, though only 57% reported receiving the right amount of written information • Fewer than 1% of respondents reported that they had never had an annual check-up to assess their condition • The majority of res...

Disclosure of Individual Surgeon's Performance Rates During Informed Consent: Ethical and Epistemological Considerations.

Annals of Surgery — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:38:02 +0100

Public disclosure of surgeon-specific performance ratings has grown over the past decades as part of the trend to improve the quality of health care and empower patients to make better-informed medical decisions. This paper examines the ethical arguments for and against disclosure during informed consent as well as the challenges that generating and using performance information entail. (Source: Annals of Surgery)

Evaluating Dynamic Performance: The Influence of Salient Gestalt Characteristics on Performance Ratings.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:07:00 +0100

It is well recognized that performance changes over time. However, the effect of these changes on overall assessments of performance is largely unknown. In a laboratory experiment, we examined the influence of salient Gestalt characteristics of a dynamic performance profile on supervisory ratings. We manipulated performance trend (flat, linear-improving, linear-deteriorating, U-shaped, and n-shaped), performance variation (small, large), and performance mean (negative, zero, positive) within subjects and display format (graphic, tabular) between subjects. Participants received and evaluated information about the weekly performance of different employees over a simulated 26-week period. Results showed strong main effects on performance ratings of both performance mean and performance trend,...

Reputation as a Moderator of Political Behavior-Work Outcomes Relationships: A Two-Study Investigation With Convergent Results.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:07:00 +0100

Personal reputation has been acknowledged to have an important influence on work outcomes. However, substantive research has been relatively scarce to date. The 2-study research plan reported here supports reputation's role as a moderator of the relationships between political behavior and the work outcomes of uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and job performance ratings (i.e., self- and supervisor report). The 1st investigation contained both a pilot study, which was undertaken to demonstrate the consistency of self- and others' perceptions of reputation, and a test of the substantive relationships. The 2nd study served as a constructive replication of the hypothesized relationships. Supporting prior research, Study 1 demonstrated that self-reports of personal reputation were significant...

Effects of Rater Goals on Rating Patterns: Evidence From an Experimental Field Study.

Journal of Applied Psychology — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:07:00 +0100

The goal-based perspective of performance appraisals suggests that raters who pursue different goals give different performance ratings. Yet previous studies have not provided strong empirical evidence that there are different impacts of different goals on mean rating and discriminability, nor have they provided evidence of a goal-rating causality. The authors extend the literature by manipulating rater goals in the context of peer evaluations of graded group projects with a sample of 104 undergraduate students. They find that (a) pursuing a harmony goal increased mean rating and decreased discriminability, and (b) pursuing a fairness goal increased mean rating and decreased discriminability when the group projects had not ended and increased mean rating but did not change discriminability...

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State medical society lawsuits now target insurance contract provisions

American Medical News - PROFESSION — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:00 +0100

All-products clauses and financially driven performance ratings are among the health plan techniques doctors are fighting. (Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION)

Healthcare Commission report: Complaints from patients about NHS services

NeLM Headline News — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission is to publish a report on the recurring themes in some 16,000 complaints about the NHS sent to the Commission for independent review between July 2004 and July 2006. In the report, the Commission urges NHS trusts to do more to learn from patients' complaints and to handle the issues raised “quickly, efficiently and locally.” The Commission has legal responsibility in England for reviewing complaints where a patient is dissatisfied with the response of a trust. This happens in about 8% of the 95,000 formal complaints made each year about the NHS. The Commission’s report highlights the areas of concern most frequently raised by patients about NHS trusts, GPs and dentists. It then picked out ten common themes that came up regularly when inquiring into these...

Using Multilevel Random Coefficient Modeling to Investigate Rater Effects in Performance Ratings

Organizational Research Methods — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

We present a multilevel model of rater effects in which ratees are nested within raters. We also present two examples of applying MRC modeling to criterion-related validity data to study how rater-level variables influence performance ratings and the relationships selection assessments have with those ratings. (Source: Organizational Research Methods)

Type-A behavior in a multinational organization: a study of two countries

Stress and Health — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

This study examined the relationship of global Type A and its components (time pressure and hard driving/competitiveness) with job performance, job satisfaction and health problems among employees working in a multinational company in Malaysia (N = 305) and Pakistan (N = 325).Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire from employees concerning Type-A behavior, job satisfactions and health problems. Job performance data were obtained from the company's personnel files. The immediate supervisor provided the job performance rating annually for all employees. Bivariate multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Global Type A and its two components were not related to job performance in either countries. Global Type A and the components time pressure and hard driving/co...

Broadening Perspectives on Clinical Performance Assessment: Rethinking the Nature of In-training Assessment

Advances in Health Sciences Education — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:17:39 +0100

Discussion The issues raised in the article and the proposed assessment framework bring forward a number of implications for current performance assessment practice. It is argued that focusing on the context of performance assessment may be more effective in improving ITA practices than focusing strictly on raters and rating instruments. Furthermore, the constructivist approach towards assessment has important implications for assessment procedures as well as the evaluation of assessment quality. Finally, it is argued that further research into performance assessment should contribute towards a better understanding of the factors that influence rating outcomes, such as rater motivation, assessment procedures and other contextual variables. Content TypeJournal Article JournalAdvances ...

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The Annual Health Check: Performance Ratings 2005/2006 (Healthcare Commission)

Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:41:02 +0100

The results of the Healthcare Commission's first annual health check show that many NHS trusts are performing well, but there was some room for im... (Source: Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed)

Annual health check: NHS performance ratings 2005/06 published

CEBMH News | News Front Page — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:00:00 +0100

Healthcare Commission (Source: CEBMH News | News Front Page)

Nuffield blames 'weak' HC rating on computer problems

E-Health-Insider — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:10:01 +0100

Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has blamed its relatively poor performance rating from the Healthcare Commission on the failures of a new computer system. (Source: E-Health-Insider)

Health check shows more than a third of trusts weak on use of resources

OnMedica Latest News — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:45:36 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published the first performance ratings on use of resources. The annual health check of NHS trusts in England shows that 37% have failed to manage financial resources adequately for the year to 31 March 2006. (Source: OnMedica Latest News)

Healthcare Commission publishes annual health check ratings for 2005/2006 and launches new website

NeLM Headline News — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has today published the first performance ratings for quality of services under the annual health check of NHS trusts in England. The annual health check and ratings supercede the previous star ratings, and measure a much wider range of criteria. For the first time, trust boards will be held responsible for hitting standards. Of the 570 NHS trusts, the overall ratings achieved were as follows: • 4% of NHS trusts got the highest rating of 'excellent' for quality of services • 36% were rated good • 51% were rated fair • 9% were rated weak The scores for use of resources were based on assessments carried out by the Audit Commission and Monitor. Generally there was a poorer performance in this area: • 3% were rated excellent • 13% were rated good • 4...

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Healthcare Commission national report on admissions management

NeLM Headline News — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The Healthcare Commission is to publish a national report on admissions management alongside comparative assessments of 153 acute hospital trusts across England. The Commission looked at how trusts manage admissions for emergency care and patients on a waiting list. It explored waiting times, waiting list management, admission to the right bed and lengths of stay for medical and surgical patients. In the assessments, 16 hospital trusts scored the highest rating of “excellent”, 14 scored the lowest of “weak”. Sixty-two trusts got a rating of “good”, 61 were “fair”. The report notes significant improvements over the past three years in terms of fewer delays in A&E departments and reduced lengths of stay for people admitted for surgical procedures from the waiting list. B...

Healthcare Commission publishes review of children's services

NHS Networks — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:55:18 +0100

The Healthcare Commission has published the results of the first of a series of four reviews taking an in-depth look at specific areas of healthcare. These provide an assessment of performance that will feed into the annual performance ratings of the NHS. The watchdog is publishing findings of a review of 157 hospitals across England. The review assesses progress on a number of elements from the hospital standard of the National Service Framework for Children and Young People, launched by the Government in 2003. This framework sets national standards in the area of children’s healthcare. The Commission looked at areas where trusts should have already made improvements. These include the treatment of children in child specific and child friendly environments, the provision of s...

Healthcare watchdog urges hospitals to improve management of medicines

NeLM Headline News — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

This report will outline in full all of the findings from the medicines management review. As part of The Annual Health Check, each NHS trust will be rated on two parts – on quality and on the use of resources. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has issued a press release welcoming the review (see press release linked above). *The National Patient Safety Agency’s National Reporting and Learning System data shows that 41,220, or 9% of all incidents reported from the acute sector in England and Wales, were related to medication (in the period 1 July 2005 to 1 July 2006). The NPSA report that the vast majority of these incidents (95%) caused no or low harm to the patient. (Source: NeLM Headline News)

April/May 06 Network Meeting

Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:06:01 +0100

There are no presentations from theses meetings. Sue Smith has kindly agreed to share 2 papers, firstly on the scoring methodology the HCC will use in the 2006 performance rating and secondly outlining the developmental standards that will be assessed this year (Source: Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed)

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Improved Rating For Residential Fuel Cells

ScienceDaily Headlines — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:00:00 +0100

A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers assess the economic value of alternative fuel-cell technologies. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

[The present state and forthcoming problems in the work of occupational health physicians engaged in the workplace]

Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi : Journal of Occupational Health — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Tarumi K, Okubo T, Oda S, Higashi T, Abe S, Nakamura H, Nagatomo T, Morita E, Otsuki M The authors conducted a survey in July 2001 to examine the present state and forthcoming problems facing occupational health physicians (OHPs). The establishments investigated were those which employed 1,000 or more workers and had consulted us for the employment of OHPs. The number of establishments chosen was 1,658. A questionnaire was sent to the division chiefs responsible for the health management of the establishments, and those who supervised the OHPs engaged in the establishments were asked to complete the questionnaire. The questionnaire included items about the attributes of the perspective establishments, the work of OHPs and the personnel management system for the OHPs. Four hund...

RCN praises improvement in the NHS, but worst performers must do more

Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100

The Royal College of Nursing has responded to the latest NHS performance ratings in England, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). (Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News)