title: Using benchmarking to support performance improvement efforts.
abstract: Successful benchmarking can create opportunities to improve performance through discovering best practices. The author offers an overview of benchmarking and best practices and how they apply to HIM--and ways to get started on your own.
authors.affiliation: CSC Healthcare, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States