title: Information technology applications in quality assurance and quality improvement, Part I.
abstract: Many information technologies have been or could be applied to efforts to measure and improve health care quality. This article reviews the recent literature in medical informatics, quality assurance, and quality improvement to identify these and current, emerging, and potential technologies.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Management Information Center, Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, MA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Coltin
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008499:Medical Records; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States