| Performance Improvement through
Smarter Reporting |
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If you can provide more accurate and timely
indicator information to users, then each person on your
team will have more time to react and work to improve
the performance of their measures. This is truly Smarter
Reporting compared to the typical manually generated
monthly / quarterly report of measures.
Imagine how smoothly your organization
could work if the various indicators that different
individuals needed access to could automatically be
delivered to them as soon as something happened (e.g.
new period of data available) for that measure.
Imagine the success of your Quality
Improvement efforts by fully deploying the role of the
Process Expert and making their actions transparent.
And, imagine the Process Improvement
activities that could be performed by the staff who are
currently manually reporting on all of your indicators
if the reporting process could truly be automated.
More time to focus on Process Improvement = Better
Outcomes.
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| Things to Consider in Choosing a
Physician Profiling System |
Not only is The Joint Commission's 2007 Standards
for Physician Core Competencies reporting a requirement,
it is also the right thing to do! The Ongoing
Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) requires we
measure and evaluate physician performance on a "regular
basis." Just as important, consumers continue to demand
quality care at affordable costs. Regular performance
reviews, quality objectives and reduced cost should not
be the exceptions; they should and can be the
rule. Finding solutions to help make "predictable
quality at a predictable cost" are not as easy as they
may first appear. Providing physicians with
feedback on their performance data relative to care
processes and outcomes is essential to resolving the
"predictability" conundrum. There are many solutions
that tout their ability to provide this type of
analytics but, at what "cost?" This article examines a
few issues to consider before "signing on the bottom
line."
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| The Critical Role of the Process
Expert |
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) should be an
organization's ongoing and long term process, whereby
they continue to make improvements on various metrics or
measures within their organization. Critically important
pieces of any continuous performance improvement
initiative are: Transparency and Accountability.
Actions taken by a person responsible for a measure's
performance need to be visible to anyone within the
organization who wants to view this information. This
visibility or transparency leads to accountability which
ultimately leads to quicker performance gains. If
everyone knows who is responsible for the performance of
a measure and that person's assessment and actions are
easily visible, then the magic happens quicker.
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| Welcome New Customers &
Staff!! |
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Statit is pleased to welcome the
following new customers:
For more information on the solutions
these customers chose, contact us at info@statit.com or
800.478.2892. 
We are also excited to
welcome Clare Beslack to the Statit team as a
Support Specialist! Clare has 25 years experience as a
Software Developer, Systems Analyst, and Project Manager
with several software systems in the healthcare and
manufacturing environments. Clare was the system
administrator for Statit piMD and Statit PPR at Chelsea
Community Hospital in Michigan as well as the System
Manager for their MIDAS+ system. She brings strong
analytical and problem solving skills with her. The
ultimate joy for Clare is training, and working directly
with users.
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| Visit us at IHI! |
Mark your calendar for December 6-9, 2009!
We hope to see you at the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement (IHI) 21st Annual National
Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care. Be
a part of change at this year's national forum.
Every year, the National Forum refuels the
tanks of leaders of change, from executives
to the front line. This year, it will
be a once-in-a lifetime moment. While
the nation debates about health care reform,
those of us who are committed to health care
improvement must regain focus on what matters
most - providing safe, effective patient care
at a reasonable cost. There has never
been a more crucial time for us to be together,
share ideas, take stock, and begin making
the changes the nation needs now. Don't miss
it!
The National Forum
offers participants unparalleled opportunities to
reignite their energy for change by learning and
teaching among talented and optimistic colleagues who
share their vision and passion.
Where's ACS MIDAS+?
You can find information about all of our product
lines in the ACS MIDAS+ Booth
#303. ACS MIDAS+ offers an integrated suite of
solutions for health care organizations,
including:
- Patient Safety
- Care Management
- Performance Improvement
- Provider Information Management
- Accreditation Solutions
- Patient Throughput
- Physician Profiling
Product experts from
all product lines will be on hand to discuss your
organization's needs and show you how we can help you
overcome hurdles with meeting your patient care
information management needs. Stop by and see our
familiar faces and plan on attending one of the
presentations mentioned below!
Presentation Schedule
Join us in Booth #303 at this
year's conference. ACS MIDAS+ product experts will be
conducting brief, informative presentations during
exhibit hours of the show. The schedule will be as
follows:
Mon, Dec 7
- 4:00p - Challenges with Accreditation...Has
this Ever Happened to You?
- 5:00p - Physician Profiling - A Recipe for
Success!
Tues, Dec 8
- 9:15a - Clinical Data Integration - Turning
Data into Actionable Information
- 12:45p - Physician Profiling - A Recipe for
Success!
- 5:00p - Challenges with Accreditation...Has
this Ever Happened to You?
- 5:45p - Performance Improvement through
Smarter Reporting
Wed, Dec 9
- 12:45p - Clinical Data Integration - Turning Data
into Actionable Information
ACS MIDAS+ looks forward to seeing you soon in
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| Something You'd Like to
See? |
Is there a topic you'd like us to discuss?
Have a process improvement question? If so, submit a topic
request and we'll see that your topic gets covered in an
upcoming edition of the Statit Bulletin.
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Designing and Rolling out
Effective OPPE Solutions
a
complimentary webinar presented by
ASQ |
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MIDAS+ Statit
Solutions Group is pleased to sponsor this
webinar series which offers a real-time virtual
presentation that demonstrates how healthcare
organizations and professionals have applied quality
tools and practices to improve healthcare delivery.
You'll want to
register for this COMPLIMENTARY webinar today! As most
healthcare organizations begin to address ongoing professional
practice evaluation (OPPE) mandated by The Joint Commission,
there are many obstacles as well as opportunities for
rolling this out successfully. Marion Yerxa will share
her experiences of developing / deploying Physician Profiling
to meet OPPE requirements and, even more importantly,
helping the chiefs understand how their teams are performing.
Discussion topics will include:
Development of different Physician
Profiles for different specialties
Measures used within Physician Profiles
will change over time
Experiences of working with the Chiefs
to roll out OPPE
Thoughts / experiences of exposing
physician names to their peers for different indicators
Involving Doctors early in the review
process by having them review their performance on the
OPPE measures before their Chief does and to have them
document any unusual performance for specific
measures. This holds the Doctor more accountable
for their performance and saves the Chief valuable
time.
Log
on to register for this complimentary webinar.
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