A Tool to Determine Financial Impact of Adverse Events in Health Care: Healthcare Quality Calculator

Conclusions: The Healthcare Quality Calculator determines financial impact of poor patient outcomes and the benefit of initiatives to improve quality. The calculator can identify quality issues that would provide the largest financial benefit if improved; however, it cannot identify specific interventions. The calculator provides a tool to improve transparency regarding both short- and long-term financial consequences of funding, or failing to fund, initiatives to close gaps in quality or improve patient outcomes.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Article Source Type: research