Using an outcomes management program in a public health department.
This article and its predecessor offer suggestions to nurses in all service settings by describing how a local public health department planned and implemented its outcomes management program. Included are the steps used to select and analyze reliable and valid quantitative outcomes data, and examples of graphs that depict and interpret those data. The outcomes management program was designed to provide needed information for program planning and evaluation, and for communication with administrators and local government officials.
Monsen
Karen A
KA
Washington County Public Health and Environment, PO Box 3803, Stillwater, MN 55082-3803, USA. karen.monsen@co.washington.mn.us
Martin
Karen S
KS
D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014861:Washington