Information management and quality improvement: the Joint Commission's perspective.
Health care is an information-intensive endeavor. Its improvement is even more information intensive. The core processes of health care and their improvement are dependent on effective and efficient management of information in health care organizations and integrated health care networks. The authors describe a framework for effective information management in health care organizations and discuss the implications of a framework for improving performance on information management.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States