SBIR-STTR Award

This project will develop a microcomputer software package providing technical support for health care quality assessments. The tool will attempt to fill gaps in the technical knowledge of quality assessment personnel. It also assists in defining useful and reasonable questions for study, helps review research design alternatives, reviews possible sampling techniques, discusses randomness (and assists with random selection of samples), helps with analyses and interpretation of results.Awardee's statement of the potential commercial applications of the research:It can by used by any quality assurance personnel in any health care settings.Health Care Finance Administration

The overall purpose of Phase II is to develop a software computer package which can provide technical support and assistance for individuals and healthcare organizations faced with the task of conducting quality improvement activities. It will attempt to fill gaps in the technical knowledge of quality assessment personnel as well as guide and monitor an institutions' ongoing quality improvement efforts.Awardee's statement of the potential commercial applications of the research:The software would be useful in any health care organization in which quality assurance studies are carried out.Health Care Financing Administration