A legacy of data use by Donna Diers.
Donna Diers, PhD, RN, FAAN, is renowned for her work as a visionary, scholar, thought leader, scientist, and writer in areas of advanced practice, nursing, and public policy. She envisioned a relationship between diagnosis-related groups, the work of nurses in resource consumption, and patient outcomes. Dr. Diers helped blaze the path for creating a hospital-based service dedicated to answering operational questions from clinicians through analysis of clinical and financial data sets. She recognized the value of nurses' access to data experts to contemplate and analyze the critical patient care questions and their impact on clinical quality and cost. Dr. Diers was the master of using local data for change at the unit level. Her lifetime contributions and dedication profoundly affected the uses of data for future generations of nurses.
University of North Carolina, USA.
Sharon Eck
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Birmingham
Suzanne M
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Boyle
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