Patent ID: 8666777

Claim:
A system for providing comparative reports regarding nursing quality of nursing units at multiple healthcare facilities, comprising: a database configured to store information received from multiple healthcare facilities; a computer configured to analyze the information received from multiple healthcare facilities, the computer operable to be in communication with the database; a web server operable to be in communication with the database, the web server configured to: receive first data, the first data including at least a first answer to a question relating to a nursing quality indicator and a first unit type associated with the first healthcare facility; and transmit the first data to the database; receive second data, the second data including at least a second answer to a question relating to a nursing quality indicator and a second unit type associated with the second healthcare facility; and transmit the second data to the database; wherein the database is configured to: receive the first data and second data; and store the first data and the second data, and wherein, when the first unit type of the first data is a same type as the second unit type of the second data, the computer is configured to: perform statistical analysis on the first data and the second data; and output results of the statistical analysis.