Quality measurement & severity systems: an overview.
A new market for software systems has emerged as vendors seek to improve clinical information systems and offer methods for measuring healthcare quality. This article discusses the most significant external pressures on hospitals, and emphasizes the importance of a system evaluation, beginning with hospital needs assessment, before evaluating specific vendors.
D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D014481:United States