Data reporting improves performance, studies show
Accreditation Connection, July 25, 2005
A report in the San Francisco Chronicle contends that initiatives that require hospitals to report on the quality of their care, such as those set forth by JCAHO, are powerful motivators for healthcare organizations to improve their performance.
However, many hospitals fall short of meeting even basic standards in treating illness, such as heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia.
The Chronicle cites twin studies appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine "that are the first to look closely at the growing movement in healthcare to get hospitals to routinely report on their performance and make the information public."
"When the grades are going to be posted on the classroom door, and your name is going to be up there, you want to do well," said Jerod Loeb, one of the study authors and head of research for the JCAHO.
Click here to read the article on the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site, SFGate.com
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