Taking the measure of measures. Quality data initiatives and the challenge of effective and efficient data.
Tracking case outcomes helps improve care and create efficiency. But without universal reporting standards, the workload for hospitals is heavy and the data lacks uniformity.
Hall
Debra
D
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, USA. dhall@humed.com
Siegel
Barbara
B
D019992:Databases as Topic; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006278:Medicare; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States