Mercy Hospital Compares Its Surgical Site Infection Rate to General

Multiple Choice

Mercy Hospital compares its surgical site infection rate to General Heart Hospital, which is known as a best-in-class hospital for its surgical site infection rates. Mercy Hospital studies General Heart Hospital's methods for reducing surgical site infection rates and uses that information to improve its own performance. This quality performance method is called:

A) benchmarking.
B) evidence-based practice.
C) enterprise risk management.
D) continuous quality improvement.