The Maryland Quality Indicator Project: searching for opportunities for improvement.
High-quality care is a goal of all health care providers; defining and measuring quality care, however, can be challenging. The Maryland Quality Indicator Project, which began in 1985, helps hospitals in measuring quality within their own institutions. Fifteen in patient and outpatient monitors based on the data provided by participating hospitals are compared. Institutions can then compare their own activity both internally and externally. Definitions for the 15 indicators are provided, as are several examples for applications of these data.
Ohio State University Hospitals and Clinics, Columbus, USA.
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D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology