Patent ID: 8452610

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining an overall performance score for a physician comprising: determining, by a computer, performance criteria and point weights for a plurality of performance measures associated with the delivery of patient care in a particular clinical domain, the performance criteria comprising a minimum performance criterion for each respective performance measure, the plurality of performance measures comprising at least one clinical performance measure; determining, by the computer, an overall performance standard or benchmark using the performance criteria and point weights; receiving clinical performance data associated with the treatment of a plurality of patients by respective physicians of a plurality of physicians, the clinical performance data comprising data indicative of the performance of each physician of the plurality of physicians with respect to each clinical performance measure of the plurality of performance measures; transforming, by the computer, the clinical performance data for a primary sample of patients into an overall performance score for a selected physician of the plurality of physicians using point weights associated with each performance measure; determining, by the computer, a decision indicative of whether the selected physician meets the overall performance standard or benchmark for the primary sample of patients; transforming, by the computer, the clinical performance data for a plurality of secondary samples of patients into an overall performance score for the selected physician for each secondary sample of patients using the point weights associated with each performance measure, wherein each secondary sample of patients is different than the primary sample of patients; determining, by the computer, for each secondary sample of patients, a decision indicative of whether the selected physician meets the overall performance standard or benchmark for the secondary sample of patients; and estimating, by the computer, a decision consistency of the overall performance standard or benchmark, wherein the decision consistency is indicative of the proportion of decisions for the plurality of secondary samples of patients that correspond to the decision for the primary sample of patients; and presenting, by the computer, an output indicative of the estimated decision consistency of the overall performance standard or benchmark.