Presented by: Dr. Christopher Heller, MD, FACS

Dr. Heller is a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and received his surgical training at University Hospitals of Cleveland. In 1968, he won an all-expense-paid trip to the 8th Field Hospital in Vietnam. In 1970, he began his practice in general and vascular surgery in Tucson, Arizona. In 1987, Dr. Heller co-founded Midas+, a software company which provides integrated software for quality, care management and physician profiling. He has served as Chief Medical Officer at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital and Corporate CMO for Carondelet Health Network. He currently divides his time between ACS Midas+ and quality and lean data management consulting with Carondelet Health Network.

The ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) mandated by The Joint Commission in 2007 has as an objective that organizations look at data on performance for all practitioners with privileges on an ongoing basis rather than at the two-year reappointment process. By doing so, this would allow organizations and providers to take steps to improve performance on a more timely basis. The objective is simple enough. Yet the practical application of data collection, attribution, analyses, evaluations, profile distribution, security, etc. is much more complicated. Join us for this informative hour of understanding and overcoming challenges that typically create hurdles in complying with TJC mandate.

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