title: National hospital quality measures data: supporting nurses' key roles in organizational performance improvement.
abstract: With the emergence of so many methodologies for generating comparison data and with the growing accountability demands from so many sectors (each, seemingly, with its own preferred comparative methodology), nurses and quality improvement professionals may feel as if they have many masters to serve. This article outlines the Maryland Hospital Association's Quality Indicator Project's approach to working with quality improvement professionals to build their understanding of comparative data and help them determine which data analysis tools best fit their reporting needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. nmatthes@qiproject.org
authors.forename: Nikolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matthes
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogunbo
authors.forename: Corey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: Ashlie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilbon
authors.forename: Nell
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*