Data strategies & benchmarks : the monthly advisory for health care executives
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Data Strateg Benchmarks · Mar 1998
Don't let data become too much of a good thing in clinical path, outcomes tracking efforts.
Too much of a good thing? Are you collecting too much data? At University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, caregivers were tracking every variance to every item on every clinical pathway. It was just too much work, and the reports weren't even useful. A new variance tracking system includes targeting three to 10 key events for each pathway and has resulted in greater tracking compliance and data accuracy.