Using Measurement Data to Improve Quality

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Using Measurement Data to Improve Quality

• Vi Naylor
• Executive Vice President
• Georgia Hospital AssociationMarietta, GA

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Partnership for Health and Accountability's
Vision

• Proactive Use of Data
• Community Inform to Improve Health
• Providers Feedback to Improve Quality and Safety

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AHRQ Tools

• Inpatient Quality Indicators (QIs)
• Collaborative Approach to Resource Effectiveness
  Program (CARE)
• Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs)
• Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs)

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Diabetes Beginnings
CARE 2
Advisory Council
AHRQ PQI
Accountability and Health Safety Committee
PHA Publications Insights, State of Health of
Georgia (2000-2002)
Diabetes Special Interest Group (SIG)
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Activities in Diabetes Care

• CDC Study Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD)
  Diabetes
• Diabetes Resource Assessment
• Insulin Protocols
• Disease State Management
• Diabetes Clinics

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Challenges

• Collaboration Among Existing Programs
• Maintaining Focus
• Resource Availability
• Keeping Momentum

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Successes

• Physician Champion
• Pharmacy Champion
• Diabetes Education
• Collaboration
• Health Care Organization Involvement

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For More InformationPlease Visit PHA at
www.gha.org/pha
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