Healthcare Quality Improvement

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Healthcare Quality Improvement

• Measuring Success Panel Discussion
• Sherry Wachtel RN, MSN, CNS, CCRN
• Exec. Director Heart Vascular Services
• CHRISTUS Spohn Health System

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Program Evaluation

• Institutional-focused programs
• Service Line
• Cardiovascular, Stroke, Trauma
• Population
• Diabetes
• Community-focused programs
• Wellness
• Diabetes Education

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Techniques Tools

• Database ? Data Registry
• Own raw data
• Analysis software
• Automation
• Labor reduction
• Elimination of duplication
• Benchmarks
• National
• Corporate
• System

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heartbase Shared DatapointsAll data points are
stored in one physical location and sharednot
copied between heartbase modules
Non-Integrated Databases
heartbase
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heartbase
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Expense Reductions
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Expense Reductions
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Building Program Evaluation

• Define the phenomena
• Review the Literature
• Evidence-based
• Levels of Evidence
• Design the Plan
• Specific Metrics
• Define the endpoints
• Implement
• Analyze ? Revise the plan

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Glycemic Control Full Circle