Trends in transparency: nursing performance measurement and reporting.
The Institute of Medicine proposes a healthcare system with greater transparency for patients and their families. And yet, the extent to which nursing-sensitive performance measures have been adopted and publicly reported is relatively modest. As a step toward achieving greater transparency, the authors briefly describe the state of nursing-sensitive performance measurement and summarize a study completed by the National Quality Forum in 2007. With this information, nursing leaders can help accelerate the adoption of nursing-sensitive quality measures.
Kurtzman
Ellen T
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Department of Nursing Education, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20037, USA. hspetk@gwumc.edu
Jennings
Bonnie M
BM
D019985:Benchmarking; D032921:Consensus; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D030881:Disclosure / Q000639:trends*; D004282:Documentation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000639:trends*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design / Q000639:trends*; D017751:Safety Management; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States