2007 IHC Work Plan — Summary
The work plan of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative is built on the organization's cornerstones and is divided into four categories: Education, Patient Safety, Clinical Initiatives, and Public Reporting. IHC plans to expand upon its 2006 work plan in each of the areas.
Education
- Conferences - Advance provider education through IHC conferences:
- 4th Annual Conference on Quality, Patient Safety and Value
- 2nd Iowa Patient Safety Conference
- 2nd Conference on Applications of Lean Management to Healthcare
- Website - Enhance its current form and function to become a resource of information and communication for Iowa providers and consumers.
- Curriculum - Develop an educational curriculum to prepare Iowa providers, both in practice and in training, to succeed in a rapidly changing environment.
- 4th Annual Conference on Quality, Patient Safety and Value
- 2nd Iowa Patient Safety Conference
- 2nd Conference on Applications of Lean Management to Healthcare
Patient Safety
- NQF 30 Safe Practices - Building on the work of 2004 and 2005, promote the new NQF 2006 Safe Practices, conduct a survey of current performance, and create initiatives to address opportunities for improvement.
- Anticoagulation Initiative - To address opportunities identified in the NQF surveys, convene Iowa experts to expand and update the 2006 toolkit and initiatives.
- Culture of Safety - Expand the leadership role of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative to address the culture of safety in Iowa.
- Health Literacy Initiative - Promote Health Literacy awareness in Iowa through the Patient Safety Conference, the IHC Toolkit, and other venues.
- Patient Safety Organization - Explore designation of IHC as a Patient Safety Organization as specified through AHRQ administrative rules.
Clinical Initiatives
- IHI 100K Campaign - Drive statewide progress in the six initiatives (Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Central Line Infections, Rapid Response Teams, Acute Myocardial Infarction Care, Medication Reconciliation, and Surgical Site Infections) as measured by the number of “Iowa lives saved” and through Spread of Best Practice. This will be reported at the 3rd Annual IHC Conference.
- Healthcare-Associated Infections - Continue to work to reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections through initiatives that promote:
- Vaccination of healthcare workers.
- Reduction of device-related infections and surgical site infections.
- Improvement in hand hygiene practices.
- Health Information Technology - Work collaboratively with the Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative to promote the deployment of electronic health records.
- Community Ambulatory Care Measurement Initiative - Work with the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, the Iowa Department of Public Health, the Chronic Care Consortium, the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians, and others to develop a broad initiative that:
- Embraces and promotes the use of new ambulatory care measures.
- Explores innovative ambulatory care reporting initiatives in other states.
- Defines clinical strategies to improve management of patients with chronic disease.
- Promotes public reporting of community clinical measures to reward excellence.
- Explores the role of the Medical Home in improving the coordination of care and develops physician-directed tools to integrate case management, disease management, and lifestyle management.
- Value Improvement Models - Facilitate industry value improvement models such as Lean in the healthcare community.
- Highlight current applications in the Iowa market.
- Convene a Lean Collaborative to educate interested hospitals and physician groups in deployment of Lean in healthcare.
- Continue to engage providers through a conference and updates to the Lean toolkit.
- Physician Engagement - Using a multi-tier strategy, work to equip physicians for a tiered payment world.
- Convene a forum of administrative physician executives to share best practice and strategies to equip physicians.
- Develop strategies to engage and equip medical group managers.
- Develop a web-based curriculum to equip providers for upcoming changes.
- Vaccination of healthcare workers.
- Reduction of device-related infections and surgical site infections.
- Improvement in hand hygiene practices.
- Embraces and promotes the use of new ambulatory care measures.
- Explores innovative ambulatory care reporting initiatives in other states.
- Defines clinical strategies to improve management of patients with chronic disease.
- Promotes public reporting of community clinical measures to reward excellence.
- Explores the role of the Medical Home in improving the coordination of care and develops physician-directed tools to integrate case management, disease management, and lifestyle management.
- Highlight current applications in the Iowa market.
- Convene a Lean Collaborative to educate interested hospitals and physician groups in deployment of Lean in healthcare.
- Continue to engage providers through a conference and updates to the Lean toolkit.
- Convene a forum of administrative physician executives to share best practice and strategies to equip physicians.
- Develop strategies to engage and equip medical group managers.
- Develop a web-based curriculum to equip providers for upcoming changes.
Public Reporting
- 2nd Annual Iowa Report -
Promote broad distribution of the 2nd Annual Iowa Report on Quality, Patient Safety and Value to promote a transparent environment, illuminate Iowa's clinical performance, and demonstrate Iowa provider's activity in performance improvement.
- 3rd Annual Iowa Report -
Improve content by expanding metrics and enhancing reporting of healthcare-associated infections.
- Community Health Improvement Initiative -
Develop community measurement projects to improve population health that align providers and public health and promote ambulatory care reporting.
Promote broad distribution of the 2nd Annual Iowa Report on Quality, Patient Safety and Value to promote a transparent environment, illuminate Iowa's clinical performance, and demonstrate Iowa provider's activity in performance improvement.
Improve content by expanding metrics and enhancing reporting of healthcare-associated infections.
Develop community measurement projects to improve population health that align providers and public health and promote ambulatory care reporting.