Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>All aspects of the heath care sector are being asked to account for their performance. This poses unique challenges for local public health units with their traditional focus on population health and their emphasis on disease prevent...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>All aspects of the heath care sector are being asked to account for their performance. This poses unique challenges for local public health units with their traditional focus on population health and their emphasis on disease prevention, health promotion and protection. Reliance on measures of health status provides an imprecise and partial picture of the performance of a health unit. In 2004 the provincial Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences based in Ontario, Canada introduced a public-health specific balanced scorecard framework. We present the conceptual deliberations and decisions undertaken by a health unit while adopting the framework.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>Posing, pondering and answering key questions assisted in applying the framework and developing indicators. Questions such as: Who should be involved in developing performance indicators? What level of performance should be measured? Who is the primary intended audience? Where and how do we begin? What types of indicators should populate the health status and determinants quadrant? What types of indicators should populate the resources and services quadrant? What type of indicators should populate the community engagement quadrant? What types of indicators should populate the integration and responsiveness quadrants? Should we try to link the quadrants? What comparators do we use? How do we move from a baseline report card to a continuous quality improvement management tool?</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>An inclusive, participatory process was chosen for defining and creating indicators to populate the four quadrants. Examples of indicators that populate the four quadrants of the scorecard are presented and key decisions are highlighted that facilitated the process.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53aa0f5df7454b93addcec44e43ca9082022-12-22T03:05:24ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582009-05-019112710.1186/1471-2458-9-127Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisionsKurji KarimStalker Shelleyd'Entremont NadineWeir EricaRobinson Victoria<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>All aspects of the heath care sector are being asked to account for their performance. This poses unique challenges for local public health units with their traditional focus on population health and their emphasis on disease prevention, health promotion and protection. Reliance on measures of health status provides an imprecise and partial picture of the performance of a health unit. In 2004 the provincial Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences based in Ontario, Canada introduced a public-health specific balanced scorecard framework. We present the conceptual deliberations and decisions undertaken by a health unit while adopting the framework.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>Posing, pondering and answering key questions assisted in applying the framework and developing indicators. Questions such as: Who should be involved in developing performance indicators? What level of performance should be measured? Who is the primary intended audience? Where and how do we begin? What types of indicators should populate the health status and determinants quadrant? What types of indicators should populate the resources and services quadrant? What type of indicators should populate the community engagement quadrant? What types of indicators should populate the integration and responsiveness quadrants? Should we try to link the quadrants? What comparators do we use? How do we move from a baseline report card to a continuous quality improvement management tool?</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>An inclusive, participatory process was chosen for defining and creating indicators to populate the four quadrants. Examples of indicators that populate the four quadrants of the scorecard are presented and key decisions are highlighted that facilitated the process.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/127 |
| spellingShingle | Kurji Karim Stalker Shelley d'Entremont Nadine Weir Erica Robinson Victoria Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions BMC Public Health |
| title | Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions |
| title_full | Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions |
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| title_short | Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions |
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