Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role-How to Utilize Unit-Based Metrics and Financial Data

How to Utilize Unit-Based Metrics and Financial Data

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In the video transcript, Derek Wheeler discusses the importance of using metrics in healthcare, specifically focusing on ICU metrics and financial data. He highlights the challenges and pitfalls of using metrics, emphasizing the need to ensure that metrics accurately measure what they are intended to measure. Wheeler references key concepts such as the Donabedian model of quality and safety, the impact of healthcare spending on outcomes, and the importance of using a balanced portfolio of measures. He also cautions against excessive measurement, citing examples like Goodhart's Law and the unintended consequences of incentive-driven metrics. Wheeler advocates for transparency in data display, the use of cascading measures, and focusing on measuring what truly matters for patients in order to drive improvement in healthcare outcomes.

Keywords

metrics

healthcare

ICU metrics

Donabedian model

transparency

patient outcomes

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