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Purpose, Subject, and Consumer Comment on "Perceived Burden Due to Registrations for Quality Monitoring and Improvement in Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Study".

Hysong SJ, O'Mahen P, Profit J, Petersen LA. Purpose, Subject, and Consumer Comment on "Perceived Burden Due to Registrations for Quality Monitoring and Improvement in Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Study". International journal of health policy and management. 2022 Apr 1; 11(4):539-543.

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Abstract:

Zegers and colleagues'' study codifies the perceived burden of quality monitoring and improvement stemming from the work by clinicians of registering (documenting) quality information in the medical record. We agree with Zegers and colleagues'' recommendation that a smaller, more effective and curated set of measures is needed to reduce burden, confusion, and expense. We further note that focusing on validity of clinical evidence behind individual measures is critical, but insufficient. We therefore extend Zegers and colleagues'' work through a pragmatic, tripartite heuristic. To assess the value of and curate a targeted set of performance measures, we propose concentrating on the relationships among three factors: (1) The of the performance measure, (2) the being evaluated, and (3) the using information for decision-making. Our proposed tripartite framework lays the groundwork for executing the evidence-based recommendations proposed by Zegers et al, and provides a path forward for more effective healthcare performance-measurement systems.





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