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Key Steps to improve and measure clinical outcomes

Key Steps to improve and measure clinical outcomes . Maria Ryan, PhD, APRN CEO C ottage H ospital. Definition of terms . Institute of Medicine defines quality of care as :

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Key Steps to improve and measure clinical outcomes

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  1. Key Steps to improve and measure clinical outcomes Maria Ryan, PhD, APRN CEO Cottage Hospital

  2. Definition of terms Institute of Medicine defines quality of care as : “The degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge” • Quality measures assess three levels of health care and its intended results: • Structure measures - sufficiency of resources and proper system design. • Process measures - interaction between the patient and the provider. • Outcome measures - description of how the care delivered affects the patient’s health, health status and function.

  3. Fundamentals of QI Process “The degree to which healthcare services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.”

  4. Development, testing, and implementation of a measurement and feedback plan during a typical QI Project

  5. Key change strategies for success • Senior leadership commitment enables a shift from a ‘project view’ to a strategic vision. • Each level of change will require different motivators and incentives. • Accountability, follow-through and follow-up • In health care, spreading improvement depends on: • key individuals, • the primary messenger, • and the ‘target’ of the message.

  6. CMS Beginning in 2014, all providers are required to report their approved clinical quality measures (CQMs) in order to demonstrate meaningful use and be required to submit CQMs electronically. • CMS selected all CQMs to align with the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Quality Strategy priorities for health care quality improvement. These domains include: • Patient and Family Engagement • Patient Safety • Care Coordination • Population and Public Health • Efficient Use of Healthcare Resources • Clinical Processes/Effectiveness CQMs measure many aspects of patient care including: health outcomes, clinical processes, patient safety, efficient use of healthcare resources, care coordination, patient engagements, population and public health, and clinical guidelines.

  7. New Hampshire quality initiatives

  8. Eliminating Harm Harm – an injury in association with medical care (including the absence of indicated medical treatment) that requires or prolongs hospitalization and/or results in permanent disability or death. New Hampshire Partnership for Patients GOAL: New Hampshire hospitals will work collaboratively to eliminate those instances of patient harm by 2015 that could have been prevented if the evidence-based processes and systems known to improve patient safety had been implemented and followed.

  9. Eliminating Harm New Hampshire Partnership for Patients • 1st state in the country: All CEOs and Governing Boards of all 26 NH hospitals commit to collaborate to achieve safe care. • Eliminate central line blood stream associated infections. • Bring the patient safety checklist from the operating room to all procedure areas. • Statewide Hand Hygiene Campaign • VTE Prevention

  10. Total harm Total Harm = Readmissions + Adverse Drug Events (ADE) + Falls with Injury + Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPUs) Stage III & IV + Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) + Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) + Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) + Surgical Site Infection (SSI) + Early Elective Deliveries (EED) + Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) + OB Harm • In 2011, New Hampshire Partnership For Patients began collaborating to eliminate harm. The baseline for Total Harm in 2011 was 30.1%. As of December 2013, New Hampshire is just under 10%. • Cost Savings To-Date for the healthcare system = $12,664,100* • *Based on CMS data research

  11. Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) • From 2011 through Sept. 2013, NH has seen 58.5% reduction in CLABSI • Cost Savings To-Date for the healthcare system = $ 95,000* • * Based on CMS data and research

  12. Patient Safety Checklist Every hospital and ambulatory surgery center to adopt and post a safety checklist in all procedure areas where an incision is made or anesthesia is administered. • Differs from the common “time-out” process which confirms site, patient and procedure. • Improves team communication and promotes consistency of delivery of care. Ensuring safe care at three critical junctures: • Prior to anesthesia • Prior to incision or procedure • Prior to exiting the operating room or procedure area • New Hampshire rolled out the checklist and continues to monitor all 26 hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers “The checklist is only as good as the team believes it is”

  13. Hand Hygiene campaign SPONSERED CAMPAIGN: The NH Healthcare Quality Assurance Commission (HQAC) with the NH Foundation for Health Communities (FHC). To reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections in the state. • The goal was to gather data that would help to: • Understand how different NH hospitals approached hand hygiene improvement • Develop and test hypotheses about what works and what doesn’t work when and why • Provide the HQAC and individual hospitals with feedback on current practices and guidelines for improvement.

  14. Hand Hygiene campaign • Every hospital and ambulatory surgery center: • Submitted compliance data every six months. • Developed hand hygiene improvement strategies in the following categories: • Leadership and accountability • Measurement and feedback • Education and training • Availability and convenience of hand hygiene products • Marketing and communication • NH hospital hand hygiene has significantly improved overall from 82% in 2008 to 93% in 2012. • Current data suggests our adherence to Hand Hygiene continues to surpass the published 2009 national rates.

  15. Change Strategies • Change is difficult but SUSTAININGchange is even more complex. • Once change has been implemented, there is a tendency to revert to the old system. Sustainability strategies include: • Assigning ownership • Hardwiring the change into the system • Periodic measurement • Feedback • Involvement of the senior leadership • ACCOUNTABILITYis a core principle of sustaining improvement

  16. Institute for Healthcare ImprovementTriple Aim Initiative

  17. Bridging the Quality and Finance Silos Financial Health Quality Improvement

  18. Building the Business Case for Quality • Continues to be a challenge • Traditional Pay for Volume Model • Shifting paradigm to Pay for Outcomes • Non-payment for Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) • Readmission Penalties • Value Based Purchasing • Shared Risk

  19. Questions and Answers “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Thomas Jefferson-

  20. References Model for Improvement – Part 1: A framework for Health Care Quality; Courtland, C. D., Noonan, L., Feld, L.; Pediatric Clinic North America Journal 56 (2009) p. 757 – 778 doi:10.1016/j..pcl.2009.06.002 Model for Improvement – Part Two: Measurement and Feedback for Quality Improvement Efforts, Randolph, G., Esporas, M. Provost, L. Massie, S. Bundy, D. G, Pediatric Clinic North America Journal 56 (2009) 779 - 798 Accountability Measurement – Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement, Chassin, M. R., Loeb, J. M., Schmaltz, S. P., Wachter, R. M., New England Journal of Medicine, 363;7. Joint Commission, www.jointcommitssion.org New Hampshire Foundation for Healthy Communities, www.healthynh.com Principles for the Development of Use of Quality Measures, Steer Committee on Quality Improvement and Management and Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Pediatrics (2008) 121; 411 doi10.1542/peds.2007 – 3281 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals and the Benefits of Prevention; Scott RD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Web. 4 Dec 2012. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/hai/scott_costpaper.pdf Maria Ryan, PhD, APRN mryan@cottagehospital.org

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