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What is the role of benchmarking when planning a quality improvement project or process (in nursing leadership and management)?

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This solution discusses benchmarking as a systematic process of measuring an organization's business against leaders in the field is 298 words. Includes four steps in benchmarking.

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Benchmarking is a systematic process of continuously measuring an organization's critical business processes against business leaders anywhere in the world to gain information which will help the organization take action to improve its performance.

It is a measure/comparison of what is occurring within the organization against industry best practice. Best practice is a service, function, or process that has been refined and implemented to produce superior outcomes. Best practice ...

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