Melbourne, VIC -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/16/2011 -- smartKPIs.com, the world’s largest source of thoroughly documented Key Performance Indicator (KPI) examples announces that “Diagnosis and Treatment” and “Workload and Productivity” dominate the “Top 25 Healthcare KPIs of 2010”. The report presents in detail KPIs such as: “% Hospital bed occupancy rate”, “# Average daily census” and “# Hospital-acquired infections”, among other KPI examples reviewed by the smartKPIs.com research team. “Top KPIs of 2010? is a collection of research reports discussing the most popular KPIs of 2010 across functional areas and industries. smartKPIs.com is an expert in the field of performance management and measurement, researching the use of KPI based performance management systems in practice around the world.

The “Top 25 Healthcare KPIs of 2010” report provides insights in the state of Healthcare performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs on smartKPIs.com in 2010. It is part of the “Top KPIs of 2010” series of reports and a result of the research program conducted by the analysts of smartKPIs.com in the area of integrated performance management and measurement. smartKPIs.com hosts the largest catalogue of thoroughly documented KPI examples available today and representing an excellent platform for research and dissemination of insights on KPIs and related topics. The hundreds of thousands of visits to smartKPIs.com and the thousands of KPIs visited, bookmarked and rated by members of this online community in 2010 provided a rich data set, which combined with further analysis from the editorial team, formed the basis of these research reports.

The use of KPIs in the Healthcare industry continues in grow in popularity, driven by increasing pressure on medical facilities, the limited availability of trained professionals, budgetary restrictions and increase in professionalization of hospital management. The building blocks of healthcare institutions: tools, people and processes are an ideal environment for performance measurement initiatives due to the readiness of data and interes in continuous improvement.

Centered around the Healthcare KPIs that in 2010 received the highest number of visits on smartKPIs.com, the “Top 25 Healthcare KPIs of 2010” report contains in addition to KPI names, a detailed description of each KPI, as documented in smartKPIs Premium, the premium content section of smartKPIs.com. While dominated by Diagnosis and Treatment KPIs, the report the report also contains KPIs from categories such as Workload and Productivity, Length of Stay, Bed Management, as well as Financial Management and Customer Relations:

1. % Hospital bed occupancy rate
2. # Average daily census
3. # Hospital-acquired infections
4. % Surgical site infection rate
5. % Inpatient mortality

“The Top 25 Healthcare KPIs of 2010 report is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it forms an overview of how Healthcare KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team. By discussing the use of KPIs today, presenting the best practice in documenting them and listing the most popular KPIs of 2010, the Top KPIs of 2010 series of reports are valuable resources in promoting the informed use of KPIs or refreshing the existing performance measurement and management practice in any organization.” said Aurel Brudan, the Performance Architect of smartKPIs.com.

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