HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

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Articles in Sept, 2003 issue of HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

• Report: CPOE adoption a long-term process: physician-led, multidisciplinary committees - computerized physician order entry
• New HEDIS areas include population health, service: measures for 2004 target timeliness, clinical care - Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
• PI fairs—a fun way to share results: staff not involved in projects also can benefit - performance improvement
• HHS to support paperless medical records system - Department of Health and Human Services
• Survey: hospital patients are more satisfied - Brief Article
• QI professionals take harder look at alternatives to JCAHO accreditation: burdensome costs, questionable link between surveys and quality - quality improvement - Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
• New model developed for outbreak readiness: response plan goes beyond bioterror