HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

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Articles in May, 2004 issue of HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

• Six Sigma success: 100% compliance in 3 months: 'midproject report' shows dramatic improvements
• AHRQ tool designed to improve CAP clinical care: decision-support tool is evidence based
• Benchmarking and safety: natural fit if you know what to do with data: misreading results, using wrong benchmarks is formula for failure
• Hospitalists save $2.5 million and decrease LOS: improvements achieved in first two years
• Leapfrog standards are hard for hospitals to meet: some hospitals trying less costly alternatives