title: Integrating outcomes into computerized information systems. It's time to get guidelines off the shelf.
abstract: The tools used to measure outcomes in the 21st century probably will look nothing like the tools used to measure outcomes during the past century. These guideposts (guidelines, information systems, and vocabulary) are only three of the many new tools that will be available to us through technology. The three guideposts described in this column are necessary ingredients for success in managing outcomes and demonstrating accountability. They look like the lampposts to a bright future.
authors.affiliation: kathleen_mccormick@sra.com
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic