title: Benchmarking and safety: natural fit if you know what to do with data.
abstract: Know what you want to benchmark, what your goals are, and why. Interpreting your data properly is one of the biggest challenges. Experts complain of the dearth of national benchmark standards.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States