The use of outcome data from quality registries to learn and improve; a Dutch nationwide quantitative analysis in five disease areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical quality registries (CQR) aid in measuring, collecting and monitoring outcome data but it is still unknown how these data are used by hospitals to improve the quality of care. This study assessed the current state of outcome-based quality improvement in the Netherlands in 2022 based on data from multiple disease areas and CQRs; cardiothoracic surgery (Netherlands Heart Registration [NHR]), cardiology (NHR), nephrology, (Nefrovision), intensive care (National Intensive Care Evaluation [NICE]), and orthopaedic surgery (Dutch Arthroplasty Register [LROI]).

Methods & results

The Health Outcomes Management Evaluation (HOME) model was used to assess the current state of outcome-based quality improvement. A questionnaire with 36 questions was sent to healthcare d

SUBMITTER: Slingerland SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11520663 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature