title: COMIT: improving patient outcomes.
abstract: The Continuous Outcomes Measurement Improvement Technique (COMIT) model of problem-solving focuses on the reduction of a variance or the improvement of a patient outcome. A specific variance, pain tolerance, is used to reflect application of the model. The steps are explained as the model is applied to a variance resulting in an improved patient outcome.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Windle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D011340:Problem Solving; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*