Henry S B
School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0608, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1995 May-Jun;2(3):169-82. doi: 10.1136/jamia.1995.95338870.
In recent decades there have been major advances in the creation and implementation of information technologies and in the development of measures of health care quality. The premise of this article is that informatics provides essential infrastructure for quality assessment and improvement in nursing. In this context, the term quality assessment and improvement comprises both short-term processes such as continuous quality improvement (CQI) and long-term outcomes management. This premise is supported by 1) presentation of a historical perspective on quality assessment and improvement; 2) delineation of the types of data required for quality assessment and improvement; and 3) description of the current and potential uses of information technology in the acquisition, storage, transformation, and presentation of quality data, information, and knowledge.
近几十年来,信息技术的创建与应用以及医疗保健质量衡量标准的制定都取得了重大进展。本文的前提是,信息学为护理质量评估与改进提供了重要的基础设施。在此背景下,质量评估与改进这一术语涵盖了诸如持续质量改进(CQI)等短期流程以及长期结果管理。这一前提得到以下几点支持:1)对质量评估与改进的历史视角进行阐述;2)明确质量评估与改进所需的数据类型;3)描述信息技术在质量数据、信息和知识的获取、存储、转换及呈现方面的当前及潜在用途。