For years, organizations have "borrowed" ideas and compared themselves to others in hopes of discovering new ways to compete. In the 60's, this was called cheating; in the 70's, it was named reverse engineering. Today we call it benchmarking. Benchmarking is much more than finding out how your organization compares; it is a well-orchestrated effort to investigate and discover best practices. Don't be misled! Benchmarking efforts that assemble large comparison data bases turn measures into more measures. Benchmarking Best Practices (SM) by Medical Management Planning, Inc., is a participant-driven knowledge-based effort that turns measures into breakthrough results.

HOW WILL YOUR ORGANIZATION BENEFIT FROM BENCHMARKING?

1. Your organization will gain better understanding of its own processes and how they measure up.

2. Your organization will systematically explore key processes with other participating hospitals to discover best practices.

3. Your organization will be able to establish attainable objectives through believable results achieved by the best performers.

4. Your organization will want to adopt or adapt what it learns from participating in Benchmarking Best Practices(SM).

5. The "lessons learned" from the best performers can translate rapidly into performance gains at your organization.

MMP and the BENCHmarking Effort for Networking Children's Hospitals have been providing pediatric benchmarking information since 1992.

• To find out more about this program, read our Frequently Asked Questions.
• How can the BENCH program work for you? Find out by filling out our one-page Test Drive form. We'll provide you with a free comparison to the hospitals in our BENCH database.
• All BENCH participants have access to the BENCH section of our web site, where they can exchange information, network with other participants and view our current benchmarking data. For an inside view of the BENCH project online, visit our BENCH Demo Site.