A Legacy of Data Use by Donna Diers

作者：Birmingham Sharon Eck^*; Boyle Suzanne M

来源：Nursing Economics, 2013, 31(3): 144-+.

Donna Diers, PhD, RN, FAAN, is renowned for her work as a visionary, scholar, thought leader, scientist, and writer in areas of advanced practice, nursing, and public policy. %26lt;br%26gt;She envisioned a relationship between diagnosis-related groups, the work of nurses in resource consumption, and patient outcomes. %26lt;br%26gt;Dr. Diers helped blaze the path for creating a hospital-based service dedicated to answering operational questions from clinicians through analysis of clinical and financial data sets. %26lt;br%26gt;She recognized the value of nurses%26apos; access to data experts to contemplate and analyze the critical patient care questions and their impact on clinical quality and cost. %26lt;br%26gt;Dr. Diers was the master of using local data for change at the unit level. %26lt;br%26gt;Her lifetime contributions and dedication profoundly affected the uses of data for future generations of nurses.

• 出版日期2013-6