The National Healthcare Safety Network's digital quality measures: CDC's automated measures for surveillance of patient safety.

Nadine Shehab; Liora Alschuler; Sean McILvenna; Zabrina Gonzaga; Andrew Laing; David deRoode; Raymund B Dantes; Kristina Betz; Shuai Zheng; Sheila Abner; Elizabeth Stutler; Rick Geimer; Andrea L Benin

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The National Healthcare Safety Network's digital quality measures: CDC's automated measures for surveillance of patient safety.

April 24, 2024

Shehab N, Alschuler L, McILvenna S, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024;Epub Apr 2.

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The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) tracks healthcare-associated infections as well as improvement efforts. This article describes NHSN use of digital quality measures (dQMs) and other online resources to reduce the reporting burden and improve the quality of surveillance data.

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