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However, the overall nancial benet is quite impressive. It is remarkable
that despite a target of $35.7 million, the actual impact exceeded that by
more than $15 million. is is even more remarkable when you realize
that the Black Belts and the VSs had already produced more than $120
million in institutional nancial benet in the preceding three years.
Quality Metrics
e quality metrics in a healthcare institution are likely to generate fewer
questions or issues than the nancial metrics. However, as the national
quality initiatives have demonstrated, it can be challenging to establish
meaningful and easily measurable metrics. National data, particularly the
University Healthsystem Consortium data, were used for ...