Healthcare Performance Improvement – Plans, Policies & Procedures


January 1, 2013
162 Pages - SKU: APO4938657
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Introduction
Disease management
Clinical Guidelines
DM in behavioral healthcare
Patient satisfaction
Performance improvement – quality in action
Definition
Principles for performance measures in healthcare
Competency assessment strategy and tools
Plans
Quality Improvement Plan – generic example (New 9-07)
Practitioner Evaluation Process
Case reviews
Corrective Action Matrix
Quality Improvement Program
Quality Improvement Outreach
Confidentiality Statement
Quality Committee Confidentiality Agreement
Conflict of Interest Declaration
Joint Commission Quality and Safety Reports
University Performance Improvement Plan – examples
Academic Medical Center Performance Improvement Plan – example
Academic Medical Center Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Committee functions/programs
Hospital (Community) Performance Improvement Plan, Policy & Procedure – example
Programs
Annual Distinquished Quality Award
Depression management – suicide prevention programs
Stroke Centers
Pay for Performance
Evaluating change
Family Practice model ( UK )
‘Bridges to Excellence’
Commonwealth Fund Opinion Leader Survey
Supporting Pay for Performance Programs – example
Requirements for physician buy-in
Audit form resource
CPOE
Group visits
Quality fundamentals
Competency Assessment – Primary Care; Resident care (unsupervised)
CQI obstacle busting
Electronic medical records (EMR)
Online/e-mail ‘visits’ for care
Patient satisfaction – example questionnaire for medical group practice
Quality measures
Reminders
Preventive health care interventions for high risk populations
Clinical performance measures – CAD
Nursing home acute myocardial infarction prevention programs
Presurgical screening tools
Followup tracking tools – pap smears, mammograms
Breast and colon cancer care quality measures
Prolonged LOS related to medical injuries
Test results – communication
Unplanned readmissions
Case or Care Management
Clinical performance measures for ambulatory care (table)
Hand-offs – SBAR, Checklists, Resources
Quality improvement tool kit – links
Sentinel event reports – P & P
Quality notes
Provider profiles – P & P
Case mix adjustment for provider profiles
Feedback
Steps to improve productivity, resource management, physician/patient satisfaction
Ambulatory visit data

Resources
Ethics manual – link
Medicare “Pay for Performance” Initiatives
Provider profiles: example indicators for tracking & trending data
QI/UM Clinical Indicators/Performance Goals
Crosby quotes
Hospital/SNF QA Screens
Surgical Quality Indicators
Prevention Quality Indicators, AHRQ
Staff quality certification – resource
Survey sampling error – statistical estimates (table)
Quality Indicators – hospital-related
Respiratory Care Services – QI Indicators
Readmissions
Readmission rate – examples
Readmission tracking tool
Readmission notes
National Patient Safety Goals
Hospital Dashboard Report
Health System Performance Report
Staff Performance Evaluation (generic)
System Performance Evaluation Coordinator for Mental Health Services
Trauma Center Performance Improvement Medical Director
Regional Utilization Manager – Job description and performance evaluation
Performance Improvement Counseling – P & P (Vanderbilt University)
Case Mix Adjustment/Severity of Illness Measures

Addenda
Project priority ranking grid;
Performance Improvement Coordinator – job description
Glossary
Quality quotes
References – listed by topic
Thoughts for the unwary
Web links
 
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