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		<title>Marcus Pierson, MD: Access</title>
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		<description>Patient access to care.</description>
		<copyright>Copyright 2002 Marcus Pierson, MD</copyright>
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			<title>Access to Care, Measurements of</title>
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			<description>&amp;nbsp;&lt;B style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;Common Measures&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/B&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;2. Total time for a visit (efficiency)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;3. # of patients on a wait list to be assigned a primary care physician (effectiveness)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;4. Percent of patients &amp;#147;highly satisfied&amp;#148; with appointment scheduling (patient centered)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;5. Percent &amp;#147;no show&amp;#148; (efficiency)&lt;/P&gt;</description>
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			<title>High Level model of Whatcom Co, Pursuing Perfection approach</title>
			<link>http://radio.weblogs.com/0107584/categories/access/2002/05/15.html#a86</link>
			<description>&lt;A href=&quot;http://radio.weblogs.com/0107584/2002/05/15.html#a84&quot;&gt;Key Components of Whatcom Consortium&apos;s approach to Pursuing Perfection in Healhtcare&lt;/A&gt;. 
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;A href=&quot;http://radio.weblogs.com/0107584/2002/05/15.html#a81&quot;&gt;Pursuing Perfection Components in Whatcom County&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;IMG align=baseline alt=&quot;&quot; border=0 hspace=0 src=&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\marpie\Desktop\PPGraphic.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;We will use this or a similar graphic on the home page of the future to guide users to the parts they are interested in. We will also add search capabilities by these categories... in the future, the near future I hope.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
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