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Healthcare Performance Measurement

Systems Design and Evaluation

The past decade has shown that performance measurement has gained prominence in the health care field. This breakthrough book addresses the urgent need for a systematic review and understanding of the science and art of performance measurement systems. Given the mandatory requirements toward accreditation, all health care providing organizations will have to demonstrate value through scientific, quantitative methods of measurement. No other book offers the much needed how-to guidance found in this reference. Written by well-recognized experts and authors in the healthcare field, the authors' provide step-by-step instruction on the design and evaluation of performance measurement systems. In understanding how a performance assessment project works, this book discusses the two most important disciplines for designing and evaluating performance systems: epidemiology and psychometrics. Each of these disciplines are discussed in length so the reader will understand why a systematic approach to assessment and evaluation of performance systems is necessary.

In order for a performance measurement system to be successful, it should be
built or adopted by a group ready to design the system based on provider
accountability. The first requirement is that the provider(s) be amenable to
accepting the ...