McGreevey C, Nadzam D, Corbin L
IMSystem Help Desk, Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, USA.
Comput Nurs. 1997 Mar-Apr;15(2 Suppl):S87-94.
The Indicator Measurement System (IMSystem) is a health care performance measurement system developed to meet future accreditation needs of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The IMSystem database began accepting data in 1994 and has grown to nearly one million patient-episode-of-care records from more than 80 US hospitals. Some hospitals are small and rural; others are large medical centers. An underlying goal of the IMSystem is to improve care by providing comparative feedback to participants; a patient should expect to receive the same quality of care regardless of the type, size, or location of the health care organization. Currently, the acute care indicators focus on perioperative, obstetric, cardiovascular, oncology, trauma care, and medication use and infection control functions. Beginning January 1, 1997, outpatient and ambulatory surgery patients can be included in selected indicators. Patient-level data are submitted electronically every quarter. Risk-adjusted comparative reports are provided to data-submitting organizations within 120 days of the quarter's end.
指标测量系统（IMSystem）是一种医疗保健绩效测量系统，旨在满足医疗机构评审联合委员会未来的评审需求。IMSystem数据库于1994年开始接收数据，现已发展到来自美国80多家医院的近100万份患者护理记录。一些医院规模较小且位于农村地区；其他则是大型医疗中心。IMSystem的一个根本目标是通过向参与者提供比较反馈来改善护理；无论医疗保健机构的类型、规模或位置如何，患者都应期望获得相同质量的护理。目前，急性护理指标侧重于围手术期、产科、心血管、肿瘤、创伤护理以及药物使用和感染控制功能。从1997年1月1日起，门诊和门诊手术患者可纳入选定指标。患者层面的数据每季度以电子方式提交。风险调整后的比较报告在季度结束后的120天内提供给数据提交组织。
