Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement

by National Research Council

Book Overview

Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to improve health care quality. Performance Measurement offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a new framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This new book also addresses the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309100070
• ISBN13: 9780309100076
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"