Six tips for measuring hospitalist program performance
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, July 20, 2010
Editor’s note: We apologize for last week’s technical error. You can find the news brief for “Six tips for measuring hospitalist program performance” below.
If you resolve to lose weight, you might count calories, log your workouts, measure your waistline, and weigh yourself on a scale. These four activities help you keep track of your progress. If you don't measure them, you would have no idea whether your hard work was paying off. Worse, without the reward of seeing a lower weight on the scale or that extra mile logged per week, you might become disenchanted and ditch your effort altogether.
The same concept holds true for hospitalist programs. They must measure their performance regularly to gauge whether they are making any progress toward their improvement initiatives. Despite the inherent benefits of tracking progress, 30-50% of hospitalist programs don't use them, says John Nelson, MD, FACP, partner at Nelson Flores, LLC, a hospitalist consulting firm based in Bellevue, WA.
The time it takes to design a meaningful, easy-to-use dashboard can seem overwhelming for hospitalists who already have full-time clinical and/or academic responsibilities, but here are some tips to help you get started. . .Read more at www.HealthLeadersMedia.com.
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