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Health status measurement in computer-based patient record systems
S B Henry1, M Lush, M Costantino
1Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Nursing Administration Quarterly
|April 1, 1997
Summary
Computer-based patient record (CPR) systems are increasingly vital for measuring healthcare quality. Standardized data and health status instruments are key to capturing provider and patient perceptions for quality assessment.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Quality Measurement
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Growing demand for healthcare quality information from purchasers, accrediting agencies, and consumers.
- Shift towards complex health status measures in healthcare quality assessment.
- Need for robust data capture within computer-based patient record (CPR) systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how computer-based patient record (CPR) systems can be utilized to measure healthcare quality.
- To address the increasing demand for sophisticated health status information.
- To identify methods for incorporating provider and patient perceptions into quality metrics.
Main Methods:
- Review of current demands for healthcare quality data.
- Analysis of the role of CPR systems in quality measurement.
- Evaluation of standardized coding, classification, and health status measurement instruments.
Main Results:
- Purchasers require CPR systems that actively measure healthcare quality.
- Health status measures, including patient and provider perceptions, are becoming more complex.
- Standardized systems are essential for capturing and representing health status data effectively within CPRs.
Conclusions:
- CPRs are crucial tools for assessing healthcare quality.
- Standardized coding, classification, and health status instruments enhance CPR utility for quality measurement.
- Incorporating diverse health status perspectives improves the accuracy of quality assessment.