title: Hospital's resource management program uses data to fuel cost control, quality improvement.
abstract: A behind-the-scenes look at Mt. Diablo Medical Center's data-driven clinical resource management program shows how this California provider got control of overhead, admission rates, LOS, and resource utilization. See how they used data to target areas for quality improvement and cost cutting, and linked QI initiatives throughout the organization. Plus, see their scoring system and benchmark data.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002140:California; D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*