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Why is Data Needed?. To demonstrate hospitals have reduced their Hospital Acquired Conditions and Readmissions over the 2 year periodTo monitor that interventions are workingPart of the PDSA cycleMeasures are used to assess the impact of changes. What Data is Needed?. At a minimum, 1 process mea
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1. Data Management Strategy Charisse Coulombe, MS, MBA
Data Director, HRET
2. Why is Data Needed? To demonstrate hospitals have reduced their Hospital Acquired Conditions and Readmissions over the 2 year period
To monitor that interventions are working
Part of the PDSA cycle
Measures are used to assess the impact of changes
3. What Data is Needed? At a minimum, 1 process measure and 1 outcome measure
Process: measures how well the practice was followed
Outcome: measures the result of the intervention
Both types may be linked and need to be monitored
4. How were initial measures selected? Intensive review of available measures with focus on:
Standardization
National endorsements
Internal Plausibility and Utility
Extent of Current Use
Data Collection Burden
5. Encyclopedia of Measures Technical manual to ensure the hospital's measure definitions align with the comprehensive data system (CDS)
Comprehensive details about measure characteristics
Topic
Measure Name
Definition
Numerator, Denominator
Calculation specifications
Source(s)
6. Sample