An integrated model for measuring management performance.

M J Torma; B W Galing; R J Palmer; S K West; D C Brown; D K Kentsmith; P Chappell; M A Quaife; D C Schutt

PubMed · 10130949

An integrated model for measuring management performance.

M J Torma·B W Galing·R J Palmer·S K West·D C Brown·D K Kentsmith·P Chappell·M A Quaife·D C Schutt

Abstract

A model of organizational performance measurement that compels attention to the proper balance among quality, cost, and access; takes into account patient perceptions; produces clear targets for continual quality improvement (CQI); yields easily understood graphical displays; and captures health care organizations in simultaneous operation across the functions of cost, quality, and access was designed for the 22 medical treatment facilities of the Strategic Air Command. Such a tool provides practitioners, payers, and patients a range of information--from systemwide, facility, clinical service, and practitioner-specific insights on current performance to resource forecasts and easily understood targets for CQI. This case study shows that integrated performance modeling may be useful in examining many health management and reform issues.

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Data Collection Health Benefit Plans, Employee Health Care Costs Health Maintenance Organizations Health Services Accessibility Health Services Research Military Medicine Models, Statistical Quality of Health Care Total Quality Management United States Journal Article

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M J Torma, B W Galing, R J Palmer, S K West, D C Brown, D K Kentsmith, P Chappell, M A Quaife, D C Schutt. An integrated model for measuring management performance.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10130949/

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