Benchmarking and Productivity

Benchmarking in health care is often associated with the assessment of opportunities to reduce cost; it is really about assessing what others may be doing better than you. Benchmarking opens departments to new methods, ideas, and tools to improve their effectiveness. Benchmarking in respiratory care is predominately performed through independent agencies and consultant groups whose systems provide performance metrics without identifying or providing direct access to what the better performers are doing.

The presenter provided two documents after the live webcast:

1. A manuscript of responses to the questions presented by the audience during the live webcast: Benchmarking and Productivity Q&A with Tim Myers
2. An overview of the AARC Benchmarking System: AARC Benchmark Program

This webcast is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Dräger Medical, Inc.

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