Health care organizations have used benchmarking to evaluate and enhance quality care by:
1. Comparing outcome indicators between organizations.
2. Comparing internal hospital units.
3. Establishing unit goals.
4. Maintaining effective unit policies.
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Explanation: 1. Benchmarking uses an organization?s outcome data and compares it with a similar
organization to address strengths and challenges. Evaluating the goals and policies of internal
units are not benchmarking.
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