Using a pediatric database to drive quality improvement.
Semin Pediatr Surg
; 11(1): 60-3, 2002 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11815944
ABSTRACT
To survive in today's competitive market, children's hospitals must make informed decisions on cost reduction and resource optimization, while maintaining the highest quality of care. The Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) is designed to assist children's hospitals and physicians in making these types of decisions. PHIS is a detailed comparative database that gives participating hospitals and clinicians the ability to assess and improve the resources required for patient care. PHIS data are used to compare hospital performance against clinical guidelines for the purpose of identifying opportunities that can lead to quality improvement and development of clinical benchmarks among peers. There is broad interest in the use of guidelines for clinical benchmarking because of rising health care costs, increasing demand for care, and more expensive technologies. PHIS continues to be an invaluable tool in assisting hospitals in their everyday efforts to improve efficacy and performance.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pediatria
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Sistemas de Informação Hospitalar
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Gestão da Qualidade Total
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Bases de Dados como Assunto
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Hospitais Pediátricos
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article