Uncomfortable, but over all a good thing as long as the system uses this information properly; offering doctors additional supportive training, if appropriate. (And not forgetting that the doctors with the the worst recovery rates may be the ones predisposed to take the trickiest cases).
>(And not forgetting that the doctors with the the worst recovery rates may be the ones predisposed to take the trickiest cases).
IIRC there are a lot of surgeons not taking on cases already because of the risk involved to their career. This might exacerbate it if the data is used blindly.
The UK had a big case where the question asked was why they didn't spot the doctor with the unusually large number of patients who died unexpectedly, when a cursory examination of his approach to their medical records might have uncovered evidence that many of those deaths weren't natural.