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Measurement System Design
Design support for hospitals and community health care organizations to establish a prototype or system
wide, unit based clinical measurement system including:
- design and implementation of balance scorecard systems;
- outcomes measurement strategies, methods and tools;
- selecting patient population (which patient outcomes should be measured?);
- defining measurement questions (how will the information be used?);
- identifying required data elements;
- scanning of information systems to determine the availability of required data elements;
- establishing data collection methodologies;
- training of specialized data abstracting methods;
- designing linkages for current databases; and
- monitoring initial data collection.
Analysis and Reporting
In order to ensure that clinical information is used effectively for clinical and administrative decisions,
a careful system for analysis must be established including:
- design for the analysis;
- conduction of the analysis (quantitative, qualitative);
- report development to ensure the report provides useful information not just data;
- report presentation, discussion, and interpretation; and
- action planning facilitation.
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