quality
and efficiency within the healthcare industry. Benchmarking occurs frequently in healthcare and typically consists of four different types. The four types are performance
practice
internal and external benchmarking. Through research
I have found that Northshore actively uses benchmarking to evaluate their performance quality and patient safety within the organization. Some of the categories include acute heart attack care
community acquired pneumonia
surgical infection prevention
and heart failure. These benchmarks are used as part of Northshore’s Performance Improvement Plan. Working neuroradiology
I have personally seen benchmarking being used constantly to compare our response times and TICI scores after an ischemic stroke compared to other stroke response centers.
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