THR SELECTS HEALTH INFORMATICS GROUP CLINICAL-COMPARATIVE.Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of July 1, 2006 Arlington has an estimated population of 367,197. , a nonprofit, faith-based health system based in north Texas, has selected the Healthcare Informatics Same as information technology and information systems. The term is more widely used in Europe. group of Premier, Inc. to support its clinical quality performance measurement and improvement activities.Premier maintains Perspective Online(TM), which provides comprehensive clinical-comparative databases and access tools. More than 500 hospitals subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; this service to compare their performance to peers and top performers, find opportunities to make improvements, and track their progress. "Being able to effectively measure quality is critical to knowing whether or not the care you give is meeting the needs of the patient community. Perspective Online has helped us monitor our progress against other organizations, and THR Thr threonine. Thr abbr. threonine Thr threonine. will using this service as a reporting tool to accreditation bodies such as the Joint Commission," said Annette Anderson, vice president, Clinical Outcomes and Process Improvement, Texas Health Resources. "We're pleased to continue using Premier as our performance improvement partner." "Texas Health Resources is committed to quality care improvement," said Stephanie Alexander, senior vice president, Premier Healthcare Informatics. We look forward to supporting their ongoing efforts to meet the healthcare needs of the north Texas community." About Texas Health Resources Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The system serves 29 counties with a population of 5.4 million people. THR serves one of every five people living in these counties for inpatient hospital care. THR was formed in 1997 and is comprised of hospitals and other health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , including Harris Methodist hospitals in and near Tarrant County, Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington and Presbyterian Healthcare hospitals in Dallas, Collin and other counties in North Texas. About Premier Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. , entirely owned by more than 200 of the nation's leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with more than 1,500 hospital facilities and hundreds of other care sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery including group purchasing, insurance programs, performance improvement services, healthcare informatics, and clinical technology services. Premier is headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., with other major facilities in Chicago, Ill., and Charlotte, N.C. Advocacy and policy offices are located in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.premierinc.com or call 704/733-5586. |
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