Clinical performance should focus on outcomes to ensure patients receive quality care leading to improved health. Quality refers to delivering appropriate care according to guidelines, appropriateness refers to providing the right care for each patient's unique situation, economy refers to costs and efficiency refers to using resources productively to maximize benefits. Medical decisions involve probabilities because outcomes are rarely certain so considering likelihood of various outcomes leads to optimal decisions balancing benefits, risks and costs for patients.

1. linical Performance" Please respond to the following:
Why should clinical performance be focused on outcomes?
How do you differentiate the concepts of quality,
appropriateness, economy, and efficiency?
Analyze the way that medical decisions are made and explain
why it is important that medical decisions involve probabilities.