Improvement of information technology and use of identification tools like the SPICT™ may improve professionals' communication with each other and help may make identification and management of patients easier.
"Tires are a very highly engineered product but they are the Rodney Dangerfields of the vehicle," complained Robert J. McNally, the vice president for process improvement and information technology at Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.
Before joining New York University, Ms. Berman worked in home health care administration for twenty years with responsibility for quality improvement, health information technology, accreditation, and regulatory compliance.
Analysts have suggested performance evaluations of doctors and institutions to goad them toward improvement, computerized information technology to help doctors comply with best-practice guidelines and financial incentives to encourage higher quality.
"In this regard, increased security threats not pooled through insurance have exactly the opposite effect on productivity than that which is gained by an improvement in information technology," Greenspan said.
Respondents had the following department or committee roles: quality improvement (4), information technology (4), medication safety (3), and education (2).
Likewise, it appears that improvement of information technology, additional resources for training in its use and additional facilities such as computerising identification tools like the SPICT™ may make identification and management of patients easier and less time-consuming.
