Benchmarking Inpatient Mortality Using Electronic Medical Record Data: A Retrospective, Multicenter Analytical Observational Study*

CONCLUSIONS: Variables considered by traditional ICU prognostic models accurately benchmark patient mortality for patients receiving care in multiple hospital locations, not only the ICU. Unlike Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, this model relies on electronic medical record data alone and does not require personnel to collect the independent predictor variables. Assessing the model’s utility for benchmarking hospital performance will require prospective testing in a larger representative sample of hospitals.
Source: Critical Care Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research