title: The spider diagram nursing quality report card: bringing all the pieces together.
abstract: The proliferation of information about nurse-sensitive quality outcome measures in the current data-driven healthcare environment can be overwhelming. Effective utilization of such data is an even greater challenge. In this article, the authors describe how the use of a spider diagram can serve to combine data from various sources into more meaningful information for decision making. This innovative quality report card format helps nurse executives to quickly gain an understanding of the interrelationships among existing structure, process, and outcome quality indicators, as well as to identify actual or potential quality-of-care issues.
authors.affiliation: Tufts Health Plan, Waltham, MA, USA. diane_lancaster@tufts_health.com
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States