title: Unifying organizational approaches to measuring and managing patient outcomes.
abstract: Information about patient outcomes is increasingly available to guide consumers in their selection of healthcare. By unifying the traditionally separate programs of performance improvement, case management, and research, nurse executives can take control of care processes and outcomes. This article provides four case examples of patient care improvements achieved using performance improvement, case management, and research approaches. The use of the technologies outlined in the Johnson and Nolan article in this issue, "A Guide to Choosing Technology to Support the Measurement of Patient Outcomes", also is described.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. mnolan@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dang
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015142:Baltimore; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000451:nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D012449:Safety; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide