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FLEX GRANT . Kathy McGowan Vice President, Quality & Safety Samantha Dulworth Technical & Customer Specialist November 13, 2013. Georgia’s QI Program.
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FLEX GRANT Kathy McGowan Vice President, Quality & Safety Samantha Dulworth Technical & Customer Specialist November 13, 2013
Georgia’s QI Program • Structured on requirements of Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP), Culture of Patient Safety, Technical Assistance, Education, and Training for Critical Access Hospitals. • Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation serves as sub-grantee for the Georgia FLEX QI Program since 2002
QI Program Participation • CMS Core Measures • CMS Partnership for Patients • Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) • Data submission to Hospital Compare • Scheduled education • Scheduled training & technical assistance
QI Objectives • Public quality reporting • Participation in MBQIP • Raising staff awareness regarding patient safety • Examining trends in patient safety culture
QI Overall Program Requirements • Education & training in the use of CART, Core Measures and MBQIP • Public reporting to Hospital Compare on relevant processes of care quality measures: • Inpatient • Outpatient • HCAHPS • Hospital Engagement Network initiative
QI Overall Program Requirements • Actively work towards staff awareness about safety • Examine trends in patient safety culture • Identify areas of strength and possible improvement • Consistently improve the patient quality of care outcomes in Georgia’s Critical Access Hospitals
Purpose & Goal • Ensure patient safety • Deliver expected quality patient care outcomes
Hospital Benefits • Quarterly dashboards • Quarterly core measure composite scores • Minimum of two CART trainings annually • HCAHPS and MBQIP training • QI technical assistance • CART technical and customer assistance • Onsite coaching
Hospital Benefits • Resources • Data collection tools & definitions • CART manuals • Transfer / discharge checklists • Stabilizing core measure data submissions to Hospital Compare
Education / Training • Patient and Family Centered Care • Rounding • TeamSTEPPS • Reliable Process Design • Frontline Defects Analysis • Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Process Improvement Principles
Education & Training • Organizational Assessment Tool (OAT) • Culture of Patient Safety Survey • Continue focus on core measures • Pneumonia-6 • Heart Failure-1
Education & Training • Phase III of MBQIP (started 9/1/13) • Pharmacist/Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPEO)/Verification of Medication Orders within 24 hours • Outpatient Emergency Department Transfer Communication • Needs assessment survey to all CAHs to establish baseline
Education & Training • ST Elevated Myocardial Infection (STEMI) Program
Conflict of Interest • State Office of Rural Health, Georgia Medical Care Foundation and GHA staff meet once a month • Work together to avoid duplicating efforts
HeRMES Samantha Dulworth
CART Inpatient CART Version4.14 for Discharges (7/1/2013 -12/31/2013) Outpatient CART Version1.10 for Encounters (7/1/2013 -12/31/2013)
Population Report Measures will show in Red if there are not enough cases submitted for Global and Ed throughput
What CARE Service Line has the Highest Mortality Rate? • Pick your Quality Indicator • Pick your Values • Pick CARE Service Line in Drill Down • Click Run Report • Find your highest CARE Service Line
How many patients left your Emergency Department against medical advice?
Left Without Being Seen • Click on High Risk Patient Safety • Click Quality Indicator “ER Patients Who Leave against medical advice” • Click “Run Report”
Which Physician has the highest Mortality Rate? • Click on MedEval • Click on Mortality under Quality Indicators • Click Physician Name and NPI number under “Drill Down” • Click on “Run Report”