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  • 1Brown-Spath & Associates, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA.

Frontiers of Health Services Management
|July 12, 2007
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Healthcare organizations face increasing demands for performance data. Strategic leadership, collaboration, and technology are key to managing measurement challenges and improving patient care quality.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Quality Improvement
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • The healthcare performance measurement landscape is rapidly evolving.
  • Organizations face increasing data demands from mandatory and voluntary measurement projects.
  • Standardization of measure specifications and definitions remains a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the challenges healthcare organizations face in meeting performance measurement demands.
  • To identify strategies for effectively managing healthcare performance measurement.
  • To explore the impact of measurement on patient care quality.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the current healthcare performance measurement environment.
  • Identification of key stakeholder requirements (regulatory, purchaser, accreditation).

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  • Exploration of organizational strategies for data management and quality improvement.

    • Main Results:

    • Healthcare organizations are stretched by measurement demands.
    • Senior executive involvement is crucial for a meaningful measurement system.
    • Systemwide collaboration and enhanced information technology support can reduce administrative burdens.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective healthcare performance measurement requires strategic leadership and robust systems.
    • Focusing on measurement has demonstrably advanced patient care quality.
    • Sustaining and improving patient care necessitates ongoing adaptation of measurement systems.