Scoring No Goal — Further Adventures in Transparency (physician scorecards eg. ratings)

Perspectives: NEJM

 The irony in hailing the scorecard as a victory for transparency is that its purported objectivity obscures its methodologic limitations and the complexity of quality itself. No amount of transparency can overcome the fact that, when it comes to what we value, we don't all see eye to eye. The real promise of transparency, then, lies in finding better ways to let our patients see what we see.