HCFO Releases a New Findings Brief

Hospitals are at the center of a positive national drive toward improved health care quality; however, they face growing demands to participate in clinical quality and performance measurement and reporting programs. Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., president of the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), Debra Draper, Ph.D., associate director at HSC, and colleagues conducted a study which examined hospitals’ quality reporting activities, the strategies hospitals use to manage the demands associated with reporting activities, and the role of external stakeholders in streamlining quality reporting demands. The growing number of different quality reporting programs has both increased the burden for hospitals and posed challenges for the coordination of varying requirements. In response, hospitals have identified several approaches to cope with the growing demands. To learn more, download the full brief.  

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