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Benchmarking in home care.

K L Hudock·J Smerker·C Fisher·I Taylor·V Fanning·J Chapla·C Ireland
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Recognizing that continuous quality improvement will be imperative for success in the future, six visiting nurse associations of northwestern Pennsylvania used benchmarking as a tool to improve their respective agencies' performance. The agencies benchmarked three areas: continuity of care, patient rehospitalization, and nosocomial infection rate.

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Continuity of Patient CareCross InfectionEfficiency, OrganizationalHome Care ServicesHumansJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizationsOrganizational ObjectivesPatient ReadmissionPennsylvaniaTotal Quality ManagementJournal Article

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K L Hudock, J Smerker, C Fisher, I Taylor, V Fanning, J Chapla, C Ireland. 1997. Benchmarking in home care.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10165421/

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