In 2022, we recognized the need to improve care for our patients suffering from heart failure (HF). At that time, our annual HF 30-day readmission rate was 21.56% and our 18-month HF mortality rate was 4.27%. In order to tackle...
The Quality Incentives Engineer (QIE) team is an extension of the Quality of care delivered by our ambulatory practices at Oaklawn Hospital. The QIEs are instrumental in maintaining our PCMH designation and the successful performance in the PGIP and MIPS...
The session will include an overview of a successful PDCA project to reduce CAUTI rates led by the hospitals nursing council. Tools used to understand root causes included 5 Why Analysis and a Driver Diagram. Best practice interventions supported by...
Implementing a quality improvement initiative to reduce blood culture contaminations involves utilizing evidence-based practices within DMAIC framework. This includes assessing structures (e.g., equipment), processes (e.g., collection techniques), and outcomes (e.g., contamination rates). By incorporating best practices, such as staff training...
NCQA’s Behavioral Health Quality Framework: A Roadmap for Using Measurement to Promote Joint Accountability and Whole-Person Care is a call to action. Carelon Behavioral Health is committed to delivering improved holistic health care to our membership. To support our organizational...
This session will describe how a 2-hospital system reduced CAUTI to ZERO through forming an interdisciplinary committee. I will take the audience through DMAIC methodology and show them how to achieve something similar for themselves. The focus will be: ‘WHO’...
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss efforts to reduce violence and seclusion rates on a psychiatric emergency services unit. Through the implementation of an evidence-based protocol that includes assessment of violence risk using a validated tool, identifying de-escalation...
A quality improvement project was implemented to improve nursing workload and staffing in a rural primary care clinic. The Ambulatory Workload and Role Delineation (AWARD) Model was used to measure nursing work in relation to scope of practice, and types...
In this session, attendees will explore how business intelligence technology improves healthcare quality and patient safety by providing clinicians with the real time data needed to make informed decisions and steer optimal clinical outcomes. Our revolutionary applications and dashboard solution...