title: Measurement, Standards, and Peer Benchmarking: One Hospital's Journey.
abstract: Peer-to-peer benchmarking is an important component of rapid-cycle performance improvement in patient safety and quality-improvement efforts. Institutions should carefully examine critical success factors before engagement in peer-to-peer benchmarking in order to maximize growth and change opportunities. Solutions for Patient Safety has proven to be a high-yield engagement for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with measureable improvement in both organizational process and culture.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, 7th Floor, Faculty Pavilion, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. Electronic address: brian.martin@chp.edu.
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arbore
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D061214:Patient Safety; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care
keywords: Benchmarking; Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Pediatric; Solutions for Patient Safety