Abstract: A method for providing comparative reports regarding nursing quality of nursing units at multiple healthcare facilities includes storing information received from multiple healthcare facilities, analyzing the information received from multiple healthcare facilities, obtaining first data associated with a first healthcare facility, transmitting the first data to and storing the first data in the database, obtaining second data associated with a second healthcare facility, and transmitting the second data to and storing the second data in the database. When the first unit type of the first data is a same type as the second unit type of the second data, the method includes performing statistical analysis on the first data and the second data, and outputting results of the statistical analysis.

Abstract: A system for surveying nursing quality of nursing units at multiple healthcare facilities via a network includes a first Web client, a second Web client, a third Web client, a database, and a Web server. A staff member of a first nursing unit of a first healthcare facility is prompted for a type of data relating to a nursing quality indicator via the first Web client. A staff member at a second nursing unit of a second healthcare facility is prompted for the same type of data via the second Web client. Data elements are transmitted to a Web server and stored in a database. If the first nursing unit and the second nursing unit are of the same type, the data elements are compared. Results from the comparison are listed based on unit type and healthcare facility. Results are transmitted from the Web server to a third client for display.

Abstract: A system for surveying nursing quality of nursing units at multiple healthcare facilities via a network includes a first Web client, a second Web client, a third Web client, a database, and a Web server. A staff member of a first nursing unit of a first healthcare facility is prompted for a type of data relating to a nursing quality indicator via the first Web client. A staff member at a second nursing unit of a second healthcare facility is prompted for the same type of data via the second Web client. Data elements are transmitted to a Web server and stored in a database. If the first nursing unit and the second nursing unit are of the same type, the data elements are compared. Results from the comparison are listed based on unit type and healthcare facility. Results are transmitted from the Web server to a third client for display.