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110	2		_aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.). _bCommittee on Core Metrics for Better Health at Lower Cost, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aVital signs : _bcore metrics for health and health care progress /
264		1	_aWashington D.C. : _bNational Academies Press, _c[2015]
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 287 pages) : _billustrations (some color)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction and overview -- Health care and health care measurement in America -- Improving the impact of measurement -- The core measure set -- Implementation : putting the core measures to use -- Action agenda -- Appendixes: Glossary ; Existing reporting requirements ; Existing data sources ; Existing infrastructure ; Biosketches of committee members and staff.
520			_a"Thousands of measures are in use today to assess health and health care in the United States. Although many of these measures provide useful information, their usefulness in either gauging or guiding performance improvement in health and health care is seriously limited by their sheer number, as well as their lack of consistency, compatibility, reliability, focus, and organization. To achieve better health at lower cost, all stakeholders - including health professionals, payers, policy makers, and members of the public - must be alert to what matters most. What are the core measures that will yield the clearest understanding and focus on better health and well-being for Americans? Vital Signs explores the most important issues - healthier people, better quality care, affordable care, and engaged individuals and communities - and specifies a streamlined set of 15 core measures. These measures, if standardized and applied at national, state, local, and institutional levels across the country, will transform the effectiveness, efficiency, and burden of health measurement and help accelerate focus and progress on our highest health priorities. Vital Signs also describes the leadership and activities necessary to refine, apply, maintain, and revise the measures over time, as well as how they can improve the focus and utility of measures outside the core set. If health care is to become more effective and more efficient, sharper attention is required on the elements most important to health and health care. Vital Signs lays the groundwork for the adoption of core measures that, if systematically applied, will yield better health at a lower cost for all Americans"--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aMedical care _zUnited States _xCost control.
650		0	_aMedical statistics.
650		0	_aOutcome assessment (Medical care) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPublic health records _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHealth care reform _zUnited States.
650	1	2	_aHealth Status Indicators _zUnited States.
650	1	2	_aDelivery of Health Care _xeconomics _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aVital Statistics _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aHealth Expenditures _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aOutcome Assessment (Health Care) _xstatistics & numerical data _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aQuality Assurance, Health Care _zUnited States.
650	2	2	_aCost Control _zUnited States.
650		7	_aHealth care reform. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00952850
650		7	_aMedical care _xCost control. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01013768
650		7	_aMedical statistics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01014672
650		7	_aOutcome assessment (Medical care) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01049109
650		7	_aPublic health records. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01082423
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General _2bisacsh
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aBlumenthal, David, _d1948- _eeditor.
700	1		_aMalphrus, Elizabeth, _eeditor.
700	1		_aMcGinnis, J. Michael, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tVital signs. _dWashington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015] _w(OCoLC)913532945
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