title: Benchmarking and evidence-based practice: complementary approaches to achieving quality process improvement.
abstract: The terms benchmarking and evidence-based practice have gained a great deal of attention of late. Although these 2 processes are not identical, they are complementary and can be applied concurrently in an improvement strategy. This article aims to illustrate the strengths and potential weaknesses of the 2 processes and to explain how they may be used together to improve operational performance.
authors.affiliation: Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital, Kerrville, TX, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Vassallo
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000639:trends*