(Source: Cerner Corporation) Cerner® Research Shows How APACHE® Outcomes Properly Analyzes ICU Performance for Benchmarking July 02, 2013 Study reveals perils of comparison without adjusting for patient case mix KANSAS CITY, Mo. - July 2, 2013 - New research from Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq: CERN) shows that by incorporating patient illness severity into inter-hospital ICU comparisons, government agencies can obtain an evenhanded assessment of an ICU's performance. A recently-published research study from Cerner examined how hospitals' ICUs are evaluated and compared based on patient outcomes. The January issue of Critical Care Medicine contained a Feature Article entitled "The Association...
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