title: QA automation: what must be considered.
abstract: As healthcare quality assurance programs grow, so too does the need to gather and provide vast amounts of information. To meet this challenge, QA programs have turned to the use of computer systems. As this article makes clear, QA automation involves more than simply the purchase of computer hardware and software. Much time, planning, research, preparation, testing, and education are required to create an effectively automated QA program. The author provides a realistic review of the major stages and elements of the QA automation process, beginning with the search for appropriate software and concluding with the diversification possibilities of a fully integrated program.
authors: Kettering Medical Center, OH.
authors: W W
authors: WW
authors: Wasden
mesh_terms: D003200:Computer User Training; D003284:Contract Services; D003657:Decision Making; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007318:Inservice Training; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012984:Software; D014481:United States