title: Benchmarking: beating the information explosion.
abstract: What could possibly be more intriguing for health care professionals than access to comparative data, of all types, for use at any time? The only fantasy more engaging would be having the information and actually being able to use it constructively.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Management Council,  Needham, MA, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services