Expert systems for performance review.
A microcomputer-based expert system to interpret hospital and community health service data is described. The system analyses performance indicators, which are key statistics describing levels of achievement in terms both of policy objectives and efficiency. The system is being used to support annual performance reviews of English health authorities. The potential for application of similar systems is discussed.
D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005103:Expert Systems; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D008330:Management Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009874:Operations Research; D009934:Organization and Administration / Q000379:methods*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists