Abstract
Measurement and feedback are fundamental to quality improvement. There is a knowledge gap among health care professionals in knowing how to measure the impact of their quality improvement projects and how to use these data to improve care. This article presents a pragmatic approach to measurement and feedback for quality improvement efforts in local health care settings, such as hospitals or clinical practices. The authors include evidence-based strategies from health care and other industries, augmented with practical examples from the authors' collective years of experience designing measurement and feedback strategies.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Child
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Delivery of Health Care / standards*
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Efficiency, Organizational
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Feedback*
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Hospitals, Pediatric* / standards
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Hospitals, Pediatric* / statistics & numerical data
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Hospitals, Pediatric* / trends
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Humans
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Leadership
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Middle Aged
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Models, Organizational*
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Organizational Innovation
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / methods*
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Pediatrics* / organization & administration
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Pediatrics* / standards
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Pediatrics* / trends
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / organization & administration*
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends
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Quality Assurance, Health Care* / organization & administration
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Quality Assurance, Health Care* / standards
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Quality Assurance, Health Care* / trends
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Quality Indicators, Health Care*
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Quality of Health Care / organization & administration
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Quality of Health Care / standards
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Quality of Health Care / trends
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United States