They're good at enabling managers to analyze data and past performance to value services and identify business opportunities. While these systems are effective for financial departments, they often don't capture the full range of data that clinical users need for effective decision making. Now, more than ever, health care organizations need to understand costs and how to properly assign resources to patients. But they also need to track outcomes, and few of today's decision support systems can help them do that. It was developed in 1996 to target effective use of quality measurement and improvement tools.
Physicians are reluctant to adopt tools and are wary of technology.
Facilities have no standardized clinical vocabulary. The push for facilities to measure and improve outcomes and alleviate consumer mistrust is an opportunity for IT to take a leadership position. Quality Improvement System for Managed Care Introduction. The Next Evolution in Accreditation. Questions about the Joint Commission's Planned Integration of Performance Measures into the Accreditation Process.