LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY

Long-Term Care Facility

Long-Term Care Facility

Performance Improvement

Every healthcare executive, administrator and clinical staff member has heard and understands the phrase 'vital signs'. The vital signs play an important role in monitoring the well-being of the patient. Using the analogy of 'vital signs', author explains the importance of identifying Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to improve the healthcare services offered by the hospitals (Hutchison, 2009).

Every healthcare executive, administrator and clinical staff member has heard and understands the phrase 'vital signs'. Temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration, and come to mind. Vital signs are used to assess and measure the state of ...