title: Combining patient administration and laboratory computer systems - a proposal to measure and improve the quality of care.
abstract: Several approaches to measuring the quality of hospital care have been suggested. We propose the simple and objective approach of using the health related data of the patient administration systems and the laboratory results that have been collected and stored electronically in hospitals for years. Imaginative manipulation of this data can give new insights into the quality of patient care.
authors.affiliation: Barnet Hospital, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kellett
mesh_terms: D057225:Data Mining / Q000379:methods*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration