title: Quality at the core. Interview by Anne Zender.
abstract: Is your hospital getting ready for the Joint Commission's core measures project? Some hospitals are already transmitting the necessary data as part of the pilot project. Here's how they are handling the challenges and deriving benefits.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allen-Thomas
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States