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Project Updates

Project Updates. Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council June 14, 2013. Validation of CLABSI Data. GOAL : Conduct an independent validation of hospital reported of Central line associated blood stream infections DHA has contracted with JSI, nonprofit public health management consultant

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  1. Project Updates Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council June 14, 2013

  2. Validation of CLABSI Data GOAL: Conduct an independent validation of hospital reported of Central line associated blood stream infections • DHA has contracted with JSI, nonprofit public health management consultant • Reviews to be conducted in June-July • Protocol used for validation is based on recently released federal CDC toolkit for validation of CLABSI.

  3. Status On-Site Reviews • MMC, CMMC, EMMC, MGMC, Mercy and St. Mary’s. • Hospitals have been contacted; date set • Hospital infection preventionist asked to submit all positive blood cultures from the lab for 2012.

  4. Status Remote Reviews • TAMC, MidCoast, PenBay, SMMC, St. Joseph’s, and York hospitals • Infection Preventionist to work with JSI reviewers to collect necessary information.

  5. Patient Experience Matters GOAL: Collect and publicly report patient experience survey data about primary care and specialty care practices in Maine • Voluntary participation • Subsidies provided to participating practice sites • Standard national survey administered by designated vendors • Survey results available on public website

  6. Status • 281 practice sites voluntarily participated; represents nearly 1/3 of Maine physicians • Completed surveys due to National CAHPS Database on June 21, 2013 • One month delay in when survey results will be available to DHA; now estimated to be August 2013 • Public website expected in September 2013

  7. Public Website • Competitive bid to identify qualified vendors to help design website. • Four bids received • Wowza awarded contract: • Experience with National CAHPS Database • Experience with public reporting of patient experience survey data • Have developed similar websites to what is envisioned for Maine

  8. Next Steps • Verify final survey count by practice site • Obtain physician list by practice site for search function • Convert mock-up to final site design • Use dummy survey data to develop site functionality • Prepare contextual information for site

  9. Culture of Safety Survey Goal: Provide medical offices with the tools and resources to assess and improve the culture of their practices to promote quality and patient safety. • Voluntary • Use of nationally recognized survey tool that measures medical office staff perceptions about openness of communication, office processes, learning from mistakes, emphasis on quality, etc.

  10. Approach • Technical assistance to practices on how to administer the survey to all office staff. • Survey data entered into secure central database for analysis. • Each practice site sent their confidential results electronically • Provide toolkit of resources for practices to use when reviewing survey results and preparing action plans.

  11. Status • Invitational mailing sent to practices in May. • Three webinars held to build awareness about initiative. • 50 practices to participate in first wave of project, representing 350 providers and about 1000 staff. • Rolling recruitment to continue through Fall.

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