title: Monitoring and evaluation in an Army health clinic.
abstract: In 1987, the authors implemented an indicator monitoring system that allows for ongoing evaluation of important aspects of care at the Erlangen Health Clinic, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany, a U.S. Army primary medical clinic serving approximately 1,200 patients a month. Staff developed prospective and retrospective indicators based on identified high-risk, high-volume areas, and established thresholds of evaluation for each of the indicators. A numerical auditing mechanism is used to record compliance with established objective criteria that determine whether or not a case is deficient. A peer review committee reviews and recommends actions for deficient cases.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Health Clinic, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bennion
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D005860:Germany, West; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States