1. Informatics resources to support health care quality improvement in the veterans health administration.
- Author
-
Hynes DM, Perrin RA, Rappaport S, Stevens JM, and Demakis JG
- Subjects
- Benchmarking, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated standards, Health Services Research organization & administration, Treatment Outcome, United States, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated organization & administration, Information Systems, Total Quality Management, United States Department of Veterans Affairs organization & administration
- Abstract
Information systems are increasingly important for measuring and improving health care quality. A number of integrated health care delivery systems use advanced information systems and integrated decision support to carry out quality assurance activities, but none as large as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VHA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) is a large-scale, multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative designed to ensure excellence in all areas where VHA provides health care services, including inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care settings. In this paper, we describe the role of information systems in the VHA QUERI process, highlight the major information systems critical to this quality improvement process, and discuss issues associated with the use of these systems.
- Published
- 2004
- Full Text
- View/download PDF