title: Performance improvement: a "left brain meets right brain" approach.
abstract: Clinical analytics--the use of data to tie clinical quality to financial performance--strengthens hospitals' ability to compete in five ways: Enables clinical performance to be measured using clinical data. Supports a metric-driven culture. Allows hospitals to better manage regulatory initiatives. Enables hospitals to document the value of their IT investment. Provides a basis for redefining business strategy.
authors.affiliation: McKesson Provider Technologies, Hadley, Mass, USA. ross.hammarstedt@mckesson.com
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammarstedt
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bulger
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States