title: Using data to measure outcomes.
abstract: The health care marketplace is beginning to demand that providers develop and provide outcomes data. But implementing a process of collecting outcomes data can be very labor intensive. Planning must include defining outcomes, understanding how outcomes are used in analysis and decision-making activities, identifying data sources, and identifying the users.
authors.affiliation: Piedmont Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D007256:Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States