Three Pillars of Clinical Process Improvement and Control

The following is a guest blog post by Brita Hansen, MD, Chief Medical Officer at LogicStream Health. In a value-based care environment, achieving quality and safety measures is a priority. Health systems must have the capabilities to measure a process following its initial implementation. The reality, however, is that traditional improvement methods are often plagued with lagging indicators that provide little (if any) insight into areas requiring corrective actions. Health systems have an opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care by focusing on three pillars of clinical process improvement and control: quality and safety, appropriate utilization and clinician engagement. Quality and Safety Data in a health system’s electronic health record (EHR) typically is not easily accessible. Providers struggle to aggregate the data they need in a timely manner, often with limited resources, thereby hindering efforts to measure process efficacy and consistency. To achieve sustainable quality improvements, clinical leaders must equip their teams with advanced software solutions capable of delivering highly-actionable insights in near-real-time, thereby allowing them to gain a true understanding of clinical processes and how to avoid clinical errors and care variations. Clinicians need instant insights into what clinical content in their EHR is being used; by whom; and how it affects patient care. This data empowers providers with the ability to continuously analyze and a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Care Management System Health Care Healthcare Analytics Healthcare CIO HealthCare IT Brita Hansen LogicStream Health Source Type: blogs