The data preprocessing approach and the tensor data achievement process are introduced in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, respectively.
8 Measuring the achievement of processes of care (the interventions, assessments, and treatments that patients receive) through clinical audit is used in health systems around the world for quality improvement, performance management, and financial reimbursement.
In addition, data on the achievement of processes measuring the quality of care that patients with stroke receive during the first 72 hours of care were collected between April 2011 and December 2012 as part of the Stroke Improvement National Audit Programme in England.
Timely identification of process risks is crucial in order to insure the achievement of process goals.
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There was wide distribution in QOF scores across centres reflecting variability in care process performance and target process achievement.
Data pertaining to care process performance and target process achievement from each centre was converted into QOF scores to quantify care quality and enable comparison of results with other hospitals.
QOF scores increased by 36% from 45 to 61 (p < 0.001).> Our worldwide audit demonstrated a wide range in QOF scores across the 45 centres (range 10.16 to 90.14 out of a maximum score of 99), suggesting considerable variability in care quality, both in terms of care process performance and target process achievement.
The committee said while progress had been made since it last examined diabetes services, there remained "unacceptable variations in the take-up of education programmes, delivery of recommended care processes, achievement of treatment standards and in outcomes for diabetes patients".
Future research would be beneficial to examine the impact of centralising acute stroke services on disability after stroke and also on achievement of care processes and quality of care.
