QualityMetric Announces QM Certified Scori... ( Company unveils landmark program...)

QualityMetric Announces QM Certified Scoring Program

Date:7/15/2008

Company unveils landmark program to help clients avoid costly and

potentially embarrassing mistakes when collecting outcomes data

LINCOLN, R.I., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- It seems that every month there is a news story questioning the integrity of outcomes data in clinical trials. Just recently, the Ketek(R) controversy has been in the news. The truth is, no matter who is collecting the data or what it is being used for, mistakes are easy to make and difficult to recognize until it is too late.

To address this problem, QualityMetric Incorporated has developed QM Certified Scoring(TM). The program is designed for researchers, clinicians, clinical trial administrators, and other healthcare administrators who insist on high quality and are committed to properly collecting, scoring, and interpreting their health outcomes data.

Over the years, data quality issues have haunted several large-scale outcomes studies in the academic and clinical trial worlds. Several organizations have scored data from the SF-36v2(R) Health Survey using homemade computer programs with scoring algorithms and norms provided by QualityMetric publications. Minor mistakes in the programming code or simple formatting errors have lead to incorrect scores and misinterpreted results, in some cases leading to millions of dollars in lost revenue.

"Unfortunately, the do-it-yourself approach can, and has, resulted in significant data quality problems." says Mark Kosinski, MA, Senior Scientist and Director of QualityMetric's Outcomes Insight Consulting(TM) Group. "There are alarming examples of what can go wrong and the results can be very costly.

Using any of our QM Certified Scoring products will give outcomes professionals peace of mind when it comes to the data they will be using to make important decisions about medical products, the effectiveness of medical interventions, or population health monitoring efforts. QM Certified Scoring is available via th
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