RT Book, Section
A1 Howell, Michael D.
A1 Stevens, Jennifer P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1167644642
T1 Measuring Quality and Safety
T2 Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026481
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167644642
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  chapters  that  follow,  including  this  one,  focus  on  how  to  analyze  data—on  how  to  turn  data  into  information,  and  information  into  knowledge.  One  of  the  most  important  kinds  of  data  that  you  will  find  yourself  analyzing  is  about  the  quality  of  care  that  health  systems  deliver.  Because  quality  of  care  is  so  important,  a  substantial  amount  of  research  has  gone  into  how  to  measure  the  quality,  safety,  and  experience  of  care.  This  research  has  led  to  common  approaches  for  measuring  quality—but  it  also  has  revealed  numerous  challenges  in  measuring  quality  fairly  and  consistently.  Finally,  Medicare,  Medicaid,  and  private  payers  have  moved  increasingly  to  paying  for  performance  on  certain  quality  and  safety  measures.  Because  substantial  amounts  of  hospitals’  and  physicians’  revenue  is  now  dependent  on  quality  measures,  healthcare  delivery  scientists  should  be  familiar  with  some  of  the  major  measures  involved  in  measuring  quality  and  safety.  This  chapter  reviews  these  issues.