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Benchmarking Basics: A Resource Guide for Healthcare Managers
Benchmarking Basics A Resource Guide for Healthcare Managers Author:Cynthia Barnard More hospital performance data is readily available than ever before, and benchmarking is implicitly required by some Joint Commission standards and CMS measures. Gathering meaningful data is vital in the era of pay for performance, and payers and agencies are calling for more transparency in quality improvement data. The need for benchmarking... more » is clearly growing, and many hospital staff are being asked to run benchmarking projects for the first time. Help is here with HCPro s new book, Benchmarking Basics: A Resource Guide for Healthcare Managers. This resource takes healthcare managers through the benchmarking process, step-by-step. It explains how to implement benchmarking programs that use valid data to answer a variety of questions, make accurate comparisons, and measure a hospital s overall performance, both internally and against facilities nationwide. Readers will also learn when not to benchmark, and how to avoid commonly made mistakes that can affect results. In every chapter of the book, you'll find a concise summary of topics, as well as tips on potential trouble spots and what pitfalls to avoid.« less
ISBN-13: 9781578398652 ISBN-10: 1578398657 Publication Date: 9/15/2006 Pages:183 Edition:Book and CD-ROM set Rating: