Characterizing rescue performance in a tertiary care medical center: a systems approach to provide management decision support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allocation of limited resources to improve quality, patient safety, and outcomes is a decision-making challenge health care leaders face every day. While much valuable health care management research has concentrated on administrative data analysis, this approach often falls short of providing actionable information essential for effective management of specific system implementations and complex systems. This comprehensive performance analysis of a hospital-wide system illustrates application of various analysis approaches to support understanding specific system behaviors and identify leverage points for improvement. The study focuses on performance of a hospital rescue system supporting early recognition and response to patient deterioration, which is essential to red

SUBMITTER: McGrath SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature