title: The ambulatory care parameter: a structured approach to quality assurance in the ambulatory care setting.
abstract: Assessing the quality of ambulatory care is difficult because practitioners see patients for only a short time and because the goals of care are not always clearly defined. The ambulatory care department of Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc, has developed a system, called ambulatory care parameters, that helps ambulatory health care professionals sort through the complexities of ambulatory care. The ten parameters provide a framework for evaluating the care provided.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011787:Quality of Health Care