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Collecting Data for Clinical Indicators
Author(s) -
Skipper Annalynn
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426591006004156
Subject(s) - medicine , accreditation , data collection , commission , quality assurance , quality (philosophy) , process management , medical education , pathology , philosophy , statistics , business , external quality assessment , mathematics , finance , epistemology , economics
The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is currently testing clinical indicators that will become an important part of hospital quality assurance programs. Implementation of clinical indicators may necessitate more extensive data collection than is now being done. This article reviews important considerations in the development of a data collection system that facilitates the evaluation of indicators of clinical performance. The evolution of the system currently used by the Nutritional Support Service at Pennsylvania Hospital is provided.