Term: Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Canadian organization who developed and introduced CMGs in 1983, to enable Canadian hospitals to compare themselves with other institutions according to how efficiently they discharged their patients. HMRI is now known as CIHI.

Related terms 

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Case Mix Groups (CMG™)
• Resource Intensity Weights (RIW™)

References 

• Lloyd M, Shanahan M, Brownell M, Roos NP. Hospital Case Mix Costing Project 1991/92: Methodological Appendix. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1995. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Shanahan M, Lloyd M, Roos NP, Brownell M. Hospital Case Mix Costing Project 1991/92. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1994. [Report] (View)