What Is It? The quick version: You give us a name and endorsement, we do the demo, we close the deal, and give you a commission. The long version: The PIMSY Referral Program is a way to leverage existing relationships for mutual benefit among PIMSY EHR, PIMSY customers, and PIMSY partners. It builds...

Health Services Research Survey The final major step in writing an excellent health services research survey is writing data collection questions that truly grasp the complexity of the assessment domains indicated by the statement of research purpose. While some clinical outcomes are easy to measure...

Why Do Conceptual and Operational Definitions Matter? Do conceptual and operational definitions matter? A major flaw of most surveys utilized in health services research is failure to develop an appropriate level of specificity in defining what is to be measured. This causes healthcare organizations...

Health Services Research: the Questions! Crafting successful health services research questions is deceptively challenging. It is all-too-common for healthcare organizations to gather tons of data and then to wonder, “Now that we have collected all of this data, what should we do with it?” If their...

Surveying the individuals an organization serves can be an important component of several aspects of healthcare management; hence, the need for health services research surveys and outcomes. Various kinds of surveys correspond to the specific information needs of a healthcare organization during different...

What Is Health Services Research? Building on earlier definitions of health service research (HSR) developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR) describe the field as: the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation...

While recently researching the Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements, I found myself googling various acronyms for clarity, despite being fairly familiar with EMR/EHR lexicon.  It made me wonder how many folks out there might appreciate having a handy dandy acronym guide as they navigate the often confusing...