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Hospital nursing benchmarks: the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition project
D S Brown1, N Donaldson, C E Aydin
1Kaiser Permanente's North East Bay Service Area, Northern California, USA. diane.brown@kp.org
Summary
The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC) project established a large nursing quality database for patient safety benchmarks. This initiative encourages similar efforts for national healthcare quality measurement.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Quality Measurement
- Nursing Quality Improvement
- Health Informatics
Background:
- The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC) project initiated in 1996 by California nursing leaders.
- Concerned with hospital care trends, CalNOC aimed to establish reliable quality benchmarks.
- The project has grown into the nation's largest repository for nursing quality data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the evolution and impact of the CalNOC project.
- To highlight CalNOC's role in defining patient safety thresholds.
- To encourage the development of similar healthcare quality measurement repositories.
Main Methods:
- The CalNOC project created a national repository for nursing quality data.
- Data collection focused on establishing reliable quality benchmarks.
- The project's evolution and future potential were analyzed.
Main Results:
- CalNOC has become the largest ongoing nursing quality measurement repository in the U.S.
- Reliable quality benchmark data has been established for patient safety in California.
- The project aligns with national strategies for healthcare quality measurement.
Conclusions:
- The CalNOC project demonstrates a successful grassroots effort in healthcare quality measurement.
- The initiative provides valuable data for defining patient safety thresholds.
- CalNOC's model can guide future efforts in building national healthcare quality databases.