Decision support for small community hospitals
Small community hospitals face different challenges than their larger counterparts, often lacking the financial resources to hire the technical expertise needed to make full use of their data. Nevertheless, they still have the same reporting and analytical needs as any other healthcare organization. While provincial and federal agencies do provide limited support based on standardized submission files sent to CIHI, Ontario Health, and other organizations, the same concern is often expressed: “The reports sent back to the hospital are not timely enough to act upon, and we don’t have the means to create the reports necessary to meet our hospital’s …
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