title: Integrated monitoring and evaluation in the ambulatory care setting.
abstract: The ambulatory care area has been slower to develop integrated monitor ing tools than have hospital-based systems. This article outlines some reasons for this slowness, elaborates on the need for further developments in this field, and describes one multispeciality clinic's process to meet this goal.
authors.affiliation: Hill Air Force Base, UT, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Spatz
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bohannan
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019091:Critical Pathways; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016311:Outliers, DRG; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States