Managing hospital quality through a clinical severity approach.
The authors briefly describe the Medical Illness Severity Groupings System (MedisGroups), a computerized hospital management information system focusing on health outcomes. The implications of health outcome information for hospital marketing activities are discussed. Important changes in the way hospitals currently approach these marketing functions are recommended.
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States