Uses of Statistical Information

Uses of Statistical Information

One of healthcares top challenges today is capturing, updating, and managing a tower of patient information. Integrated clinical and management information systems have proven to be an enormous advantage in improving decision making in an in-patient hospital setting and thus creating a single resource for integrated patient information. This information gathered can assist the practitioner in patient care by analyzing, trending, and graphing patient outcomes. Data gathering occurs at all different levels within the in-patient facility and is responsible for current and future policies and procedures.

Vital statistical information is gathered and retrieved for numerous reasons with a few being maintenance of licensure, malpractice retention, and medication errors. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) recently changed its name to The Joint Commission to coincide with its new and improved mission to better improve the quality and safety of patient care. The Joint Commission set high standards to tackle the level