Laboratory data feedback and reporting tools contain examples of information that can be provided to hospitals and stakeholders to inform them of the quality of their reporting and to assist them in analyzing results for hospital-specific quality improvement. Materials include outcome and quality information, hospital-specific quality reports, benchmarks, and laboratory data distributions.

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• Outcome and Quality Information
• 3M Health Information: Florida Analysis Final Report (PDF file, 223 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• VHI-AHRQ Pilot Project: Adding Clinical Data to Administrative Data: Results for 1Q and 2Q 2008 Discharges, VA Pilot project


• Feedback on Data Collection Process
• Assessment Survey of LOINC® Mapping Activity (PDF file, 92 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• Evaluation of the LOINC Mapping Process Report (PDF file, 141 KB; HTML), FL Pilot project



• Lessons Learned (PDF file, 705 KB; HTML), page 26, FL Pilot project



• Evaluation of LOINC Mapping and Transmission of Data Processes: Barriers and Lessons Learned (PDF file, 2 MB; HTML), presentation by B. Diefenbach