Behal R, Bankowitz R, Neikirk J; AcademyHealth. Meeting (2005 : Boston, Mass.).
Abstr AcademyHealth Meet. 2005; 22: abstract no. 4092.
University HealthSystem Consortium, Clinical Informatics, 2001 Spring Rd Suite 700, Oak Brook, IL 60523 Tel. 630-954-4892 Fax
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Develop a quality measurement and reporting system (QMRS) for national quality and patient safety indicators for use by academic medical centers in the U.S. STUDY DESIGN: Quality and safety indicators developed by the AHRQ, the Leapfrog Group, the JCAHO and the CMS were organized in a scorecard. Individual performance of 120 U.S. academic medical centers and their affiliates belonging to the University HealthSystem Consortium databases was shown with percantile rankings for each indicator. The QMRS was distributed to senior leadership at each of the medical centers. POPULATION STUDIED: U.S. academic medical centers. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The QMRS is positively received by the medical center leaders and quality staff as an effective screening tool for identifying potential opportunities for improving quality and safety. CONCLUSIONS: Use of comparative data and relative ranking among peer academic medical centers in a quality measurement and reporting system is an effective modality for stimulating improvement initiatives. IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY, DELIVERY OR PRACTICE: Hospital performance on quality and safety indicators does not have to be publicly reported to stimulate quality improvement. Distribution of report cards among peer hospitals showing relative rank may be similarly effective.
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Keywords:
- Academic Medical Centers
- Health Services Research
- Hospitals
- Humans
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Leadership
- Management Quality Circles
- Organizational Innovation
- Program Development
- Research
- Research Design
- Total Quality Management
- United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- instrumentation
- methods
- organization & administration
- utilization
- hsrmtgs
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