title: Future of benchmarking: more data, more sharing, and better patient care.
abstract: Automated systems that provide whatever regulatory information is needed when it is needed; sharing of data to improve quality; data mined for specific groups of patients: Those are just a few of the trends predicted by health care experts asked to comment on the future of benchmarking and data strategies. Such improvements are needed; many hospitals continually run into problems when it comes to finding the right data sets for targeted patient groups.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000639:trends*; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005544:Forecasting; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility