title: Benchmarking children's hospitals improves asthma home management.
abstract: Results improve when data are shared openly with hospital quality committee. Hospitals share information on what works--and what doesn't. The initiative works best when a single individual is given accountability.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D019985:Benchmarking; D002648:Child; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States