The VHA embarked on a nationwide cultural transformation to spread High-Reliability Principles and practices in pursuit of “Zero Harm.” During planning efforts, VHA identified and defined a set of metrics that could best track data progress along VHA’s Journey to...

We all need data for Quality Improvement, but do you know how to use it properly? The run chart is arguably a QI team’s most valuable tool, a simple yet powerful way to tell your story at a glance —...

The application is being utilized to track vendor compliance, standardize equipment usage, and consult on surgeons’ health outcomes. It’s also being used for reviewing OR time, length of stay, and supply variation and determining if switching items resulting in less...

Prompted by a unique, post-affiliation data environment, Adirondack Health Institute (AHI) and the Adirondacks Accountable Care Organization (ACO) set a vision to build a cohesive health data system across the two organizations. Challenges included disparate data sources and systems across...

Healthcare recognizes that digital transformation is essential to improving care, yet we struggle with prioritizing and implementing it in our organizations. We’ve spent years and billions of dollars and incentives from Medicare and Medicaid to create a digital foundation in healthcare delivery, but it is not optimized. Quality measures are highly reliant on administrative data creating a barrier to success. How do we transition to thinking about digital first to improve outcomes, decrease costs and improve patient experience? This session will discuss what is possible in the near-term and what role your organization can play to realize the vision of next generation measures leveraging digitally sourced data.