HealthcareAssociated Infections and More November 10 2011 A nonprofit health quality consulting company the federally designated Medicare Quality Improvement Organization QIO and the Health IT Regional Extension Center for Virginia VHIT ID: 934556
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VHQC Medical Quality Improvement Focus Healthcare-Associated Infections and More
November 10, 2011
Slide2A non-profit health quality consulting company, the federally designated Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) and the Health IT Regional Extension Center for Virginia (VHIT).
About VHQC
Slide3Medicare Quality Improvement OrganizationVirginia HIT (VHIT) Regional Extension Center
CRISP National Coordinating Center (NCC) – CMS
Improve Health for Populations and Communities (NCC) – CMS
Independent Review Organization (IRO) – VA, MD, WA, IN
VHQC – Corporate Services
Slide4During the past three years, VHQC has partnered with: Individual nursing homes, hospitals and physicians
Virginia
Hospital & Healthcare Association
Virginia Department of Health
Medical Society of Virginia APIC-VA Virginia Assn. of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging
Virginia Health Care Association
Improving Care, Improving Lives
Slide5Nursing Homes: Physical Restraints 8% → 1%Pressure Ulcers 16% → 11%
Physician Practices:
Potentially Inappropriate Meds 36% → 14%
Hospitals (Surgical Care Improvement Project):
Pre-op Prophylactic Antibiotics 75% → 95%
Appropriate Prophylactic Antibiotics 84% → 95%
Virginia Progress: 2008 – 2011
Slide6SCIP
Slide7METRIC 1: CMS MRSA Infection Rate (infection surveillance) 75% reduction from baseline
METRIC 2:
CMS Transmission Rate (labID)
Overall 79% reduction from baseline
Virginia MRSA Improvements
Slide8CMS MRSA Infection Rate
Slide9CMS MRSA Transmission Rate
Slide10VHQC is launching a number of new initiatives, focused on reducing healthcare-associated infections:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Central
line-associated
blood stream infections (CLABSI)
Surgical Site InfectionsClostridium difficile infections (CDI)New Initiatives
Slide11When you work with a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), you are:Tapping into the largest federal network dedicated to improving health quality at the community level
Focusing on three critical aims to make care better for everyone:
Better patient care
Better population health
Lower healthcare costs through improvement
Driving Improvement
Slide12QIO improvement initiatives support:National Quality Strategy
Six priorities: safer care, coordinated care, person- and family-centered care, preventive care, community health, making care more affordable
Partnership for Patients
QIO initiatives can support your commitment
Adverse drug events (ADEs), healthcare-associated infections (HAIs, including CAUTI, CLABSI, SSIs and CDIs), patient and family engagement
Aligned with National Priorities
Slide13Make Care Beneficiary and Family-Centered Improve Individual Patient Care
Integrate Care for Populations and Communities
Improve Health for Populations and Communities
Four QIO Program Aims
Slide14Technical AssistanceLearning and Action NetworksCare Reinvention through Innovation Spread (CRISP)
Three QIO Program Drivers
of Change
Slide15Providers and other healthcare stakeholders, including beneficiaries, working together to implement change and spread best practices through peer-to-peer learning and solution sharing.Improvement collaboratives
Online interaction, tools, resources
Educational opportunities
Learning and Action Networks
Slide16We bring evidence-based best practices to the bedside with the flexibility to respond to local needs.You can work with peers and quality leaders in rapid-cycle projects for collaborative learning and action that accelerate healthcare quality improvement.
QIO initiatives are a ready resource for taking action on your commitment to the Partnership for Patients and preparing for Value-Based Purchasing.
What’s In It for Providers?
Slide17Contact VHQC
Websites:
www.vhqc.org
www.vhitrec.org
Sallie S. Cook, M.D.
scook@vhqc.org
(804)
289-5320