Health data quest
Subtitle: how to find and use data for performance improvement
By: [edited by] Jill Lenk Schilp, Roy E. Gilbreath.
Contributors: Schilp, Jill Lenk, 1947-; Gilbreath, Roy E., 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass health care series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Medical informatics; Medical records -- Data processing; Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- Data processing; Medicine -- Quality control -- Data processing; Medical Informatics; Medical Records; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Automatic Data Processing; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Quality Assurance, Health Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The information knowledge community. Why do organizations need data?; title: What data do organizations need? Performing a data needs assessment; title: The health care information processing environment : a knowledge-based enterprise; title: The health-care information processing environment : the technical infrastructure; title: Provider-sponsored coordinated care organizations : designing systems for patient-centered care; title: Information-driven medical management; title: pt. 2. Issues in information management. Legal issues in management of health care data; title: Adjusting for severity; title: Integrating clinical information for performance improvement; title: Case study : linking and integrating enterprisewide health information management data; title: Case study : drilling down for performance improvement data; title: Case study : measuring the effectiveness of clinical pathways; title: Case study : integrating clinical and financial data to create a balanced scorecard; title: Creating a climate of discovery; title: Common themes : collaboration and creativity.