The Premier
healthcare alliance today announced that Carolinas
Medical Center NorthEast (CMC-NorthEast) of Concord, N.C., selected
Premier’s QualityAdvisor™ solution to improve delivery of patient care
and safely reduce costly avoidable patient events.
“The intent of the OPPE requirements is to help care providers drive
performance improvements on a more timely basis, identifying areas for
improvement so doctors can improve their care over time and not be
penalized for something out of their control”
“One of our main objectives is to have a consistent solution and process
for driving high-quality care across our entire healthcare system,” said
Deb McGowan, director of performance improvement at CMC-NorthEast, part
of the Carolinas
Healthcare System. “Our goal is to work side by side with our
physicians to identify areas for process improvement that will ensure
the best quality care for our patients. This healthcare data product is
a key element and given its strong physician reporting capabilities that
help support The Joint Commission Ongoing Professional Practice
Evaluations (OPPE), QualityAdvisor will enhance our ability to better
define those opportunities and engage in meaningful dialogue with our
physicians.”
QualityAdvisor, part of Premier’s
QualityConnect™, combines clinically proven analytical methods with
a benchmark database of more than 600 facilities to provide timely,
actionable information in all levels of a healthcare organization. The
solution identifies clinical and financial improvement opportunities,
understands drivers for variation in practice, and monitors quality of
care.
“The intent of the OPPE requirements is to help care providers drive
performance improvements on a more timely basis, identifying areas for
improvement so doctors can improve their care over time and not be
penalized for something out of their control," said Premier Senior Vice
President of Healthcare Informatics Keith J. Figlioli. “Our solutions
support The Joint Commission OPPE recommended metrics, identifying
variance in practice patterns and resource utilization to provide
analyses that tell our members what they need to know to make
meaningful, rapid change. Premier has saved hospitals and health systems
nationwide millions of dollars by isolating process breakdowns that can
lead to variation in practice, as well as prioritizing clinical process
improvements and quality management opportunities."
Using methodologies such as the National Quality Forum’s "Hospital
Performance: Additional Priority Areas" CareScience Risk
Adjusted Average Length of Inpatient Hospital Stay Measure, patient
outcomes metrics are used to trend patient demographics, treatment
patterns, patient flow, resource utilization, provider comparisons, and
events after admission and their resulting impacts.
In addition, Premier
Consulting Solutions™ provides consulting to hospitals working to
create the processes around OPPE and Focused
Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) in anticipation of The Joint
Commission surveys.