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MULTI-STATE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE: SMALL CHANGES—DRAMATIC RESULTS. Tom Mosgaller Director of Change Management CHESS/NIATx – University of Wisconsin. All work is a process. W. Edwards Deming. Poor processes account for 85% of the problems in serving customers. Health – To Be Whole.
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MULTI-STATE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE:SMALL CHANGES—DRAMATIC RESULTS Tom Mosgaller Director of Change Management CHESS/NIATx – University of Wisconsin
All work is a process. W. Edwards Deming Poor processes account for 85% of the problems in serving customers.
Health – To Be Whole • A system is a whole consisting of interdependent parts • You cannot understand the whole by understanding each part • You cannot improve the whole by improving each part • The net output of the whole—for better or for worse—is the result of the interactions
Health – To Be Whole • THE FIVE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH • Personal awareness • Community and connections • Safety and sense of security • The opportunity to use our gifts and talents in a meaningful way • Access to therapy/medical care
The Geometry Lesson Institution Community
The Role of Quality in the New Economy • QUALITY is what makes it possible for our customers to have a long-term love affair with our products and services
4 The Methods of Quality NIATx focus Quality by Design Quality by Process Improvement Quality by Compliance Active Quality by Inspection Reactive
Four Approaches to Quality • When you think about your work, what percentage of your time and energy is spent on each of these four aspects of quality? • INSPECTION (%) • ASSURANCE/COMPLIANCE (%) • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (%) • DESIGN AND INNOVATION (%)
The NIATx Approach to Quality • CORE PRINCIPLES: • Understand and involve the customer • Focus on key problems • Select the right change agent • Seek ideas from outside the field • Do rapid cycle testing
The NIATx Approach to Quality • CORE PRACTICES: • Simple model of improvement • Use of aims • Collaborative approach • Empower those closest to the work • Develop the business case
The NIATx Approach to Quality: PDSA Cycle of Improvement ACT PLAN What is the idea/change to be tested? Adopt, Adapt, or Abandon STUDY DO What steps are you making to test the idea/change? Who is responsible? Study data Reference: Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost. The Improvement Guide
What is a 5x5? • 5 minutes to present 5 Power Point slides which tell your story of your change project: Title Slide 1. Aim (PLAN) 2. Change (DO) 3. Results (STUDY) 4. Next Steps (ACT) 5. Impact (lessons learned, etc.)
AIM • Decrease wait time between 1st contact and 1st treatment for IOP* clients from 16 days to 5 days. • This is a 69% improvement goal. • Location is the Oakdale IOP office. • Length of the change project is May-July, 2010. Project Aim *IOP = Intensive Outpatient
CHANGE Changes we made: 1) Eliminated old procedure of scheduling intakes with clinicians weeks in advance. 2) Established daily walk-in orientation group between 9am – 10am. These changes had a positive impact on customers. IOP clients can now have same day: • Contact with clinician. • Program orientation. • Intake appointment Clients enter the IOP program NOW, when they are motivated!
Wait time between 1st contact and 1st treatment RESULTS Change Project 20 Baseline 16 days 15 Days 10 5 JUNE JULY MAY Months Wait Time 78% Wait time decreased from 16 to 3.5 days.
NEXT STEPS • Adoptdaily walk-in orientation as standard procedure at the Oakdale office. • Createa sustainability plan to maintain the improvement. • Expand the walk-in orientation pilot test to our Smithville office.
IMPACT(business case, efficiency, lessons learned etc.) • 84more clients seen per year • $29,016 in added revenue per year • Reputation for same day service
NIATx 200 • 5-year grant funded by NIDA • State-based collaborative • Identify the “active ingredients” • What parts of our approach to quality produce the greatest improvement? Which parts are the most cost effective?
Preliminary Lessons & Outcomes • Largest randomized trial ever done in healthcare: • 200 organizations • 5 states • 9000 hours of training • 80,000 client records analyzed • 4000 staff surveys reported • Successfully reduced waiting time and continuation of care among participant organizations with different rates of improvement between groups in the trial
Simple Changes Dramatic Results • What struck you?
Quality in Daily Work • “Thus in all ways I will leave my community greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to me.” –Pericles Athenian Oath