Computerization of the Medical Quality Improvement program at a chronic care hospital.

Abstract Utilizing micro computer technology and a relational data base manager we have successfully computerized the Peer Review functions of the Medical Quality Improvement program at Monroe Community Hospital, a Chronic Care Hospital. The developed computer programs enhance patient care by focusing on potential practitioner errors. The programs allow for trend analysis and identify the disciplines to whom problems have been referred. This effort has pointed to the need of a standardized lexicon to describe and catalogue potential practitioner errors.