OHA offers hospitals CARE System

     The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) has developed, and is offering to hospitals, a data tracking system, which allows hospitals to easily track, analyze and improve the care that they provide to patients, using Internet technology to speed the process.  The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has approved the CARE System, Core Analysis Research Evolution, as a performance measurement provider for core measures.

     Core measurement data is designed to help hospitals analyze and improve patient care.  One example of its use, measures, examine the use of drug therapies for patients with congestive heart failure and the timing for interventional treatment for patients with confirmed heart attacks.  The CARE System provides all elements needed to satisfy JCAHO core measures requirements and also allows hospitals to benchmark their performance against other hospitals across the state or nation. Four medical conditions targeted to be analyzed by the JCAHO core measures (heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and pregnancy) are covered by the OHA CARE System.  Hospitals that are accredited by the Joint Commission are required to select a system by June 30 for reporting two of the four core measure sets.

     For more information about the CARE System visit OHA's Web site at:  www.ohanet.org and click on the box CARE SYSTEM.