Measuring hospital performance: the importance of process measures

Measuring hospital performance: the importance of process measures

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Data brief (Commonwealth Fund)
Contributor(s):
Shih, Anthony.
Schoenbaum, Stephen C.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospital Mortality
Process Assessment, Health Care
Quality Indicators, Health Care
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Providers and patients agree that high-quality care is an essential component of a high performance health system, a position supported by The Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System. However, recent debate has focused on how best to define "high quality" in the hospital setting. Recent journal articles have found only a "modest relationship" between performance on Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) process measures and short-term mortality. Despite the lack of a more robust connection, the authors of this data brief contend that these HQA measures represent actionable items that can have an impact on quality and health outcomes and identify specific activities hospitals can work on to improve performance. Developing new process measures to reduce mortality and other poor outcomes, while improving performance on the current measures, can help move the nation toward achieving higher-quality health care and a high performance health system.
Copyright:
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Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101316083 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101316083