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Data collection and review in the delivery of safe care
Abstract:
Research shows that high patient-to-staff ratios compromise care, so quality data on staffing variables and patient outcomes are essential to ensuring that staffing is safe and cost effective. This article explains why data collection needs to be regular, routine and easily done to enable managers to draw connections between resource inputs and patient outcomes. It highlights that, while there are many tools to collect data, there is little evidence about their reliability, which is an issue that needs to be explored.
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