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Theera-Ampornpunt N. Quality and regulatory compliance in health care. Presented at: Faculty of ICT, Mahidol University; 2012 Mar 13; Bangkok, Thailand.
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Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt, MD, PhDHealth Informatics Division
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi HospitalMahidol University, Thailand
Modified from slides of Assoc.Prof. Artit Ungkanont
Parts of this material were based on materials developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Award
Number IU24OC000013 (Health IT Workforce Curriculum v.3.0, Component 12/Units 1-12).
Introduction to Quality Improvement & Health IT Principles of Quality and Safety for HIT The Culture of Safety Learning From Mistakes: Error Reporting and
Analysis and HIT
Introduction to Quality Improvement and Health Information Technology:
Part 1
This material (Comp12_Unit1a) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
First, Do No Harm
Primum non nocere
1991
2000-2001
20042009
2011
ONCHIT
HITECH Act“Meaningful Use”
(IOM, 2001)(IOM, 2000) (IOM, 2011)
Humans are not perfect and are bound to make errors
Highlight problems in the U.S. health care system that systematically contributes to medical errors and poor quality
Recommends reform that would change how health care works and how technology innovations can help improve quality/safety
Health IT plays a role in improving patient safety (but it may also carry risks to safety in certain ways)
“Healthcare reform without attention to the nature and nurture of healthcare as a system is doomed …It will at best simply feed the beast, pouring precious resources into the overdevelopment of parts and never attending to the whole — that is care as our patients, their families and their communities experience it.” (Berwick, 2009)
“The performance of a system — its achievement of its aims —depends as much on the interactions among elements as on the elements themselves. (Berwick, 2009)
“The improvement of health and healthcare depends on systems thinking and systems redesign… ‘Reform’ without systems thinking isn’t reform at all.” (Berwick, 2009)
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MEANINGFUL USEProviders show they're using certified EHR technology in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in quantity.
PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMEProviders organize care around patients, working in teams,coordinating care, and tracking over time.
ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONProvider reimbursements are tied to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for assigned population of patients.
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“Meaningful Use”
of a Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Image Source & Idea Courtesy of Pat Wise at HIMSS, Oct. 2009
“Even hospitals with fully functioning EMRs still make extensive use of digitized scans of manually completed forms and textual checklists. With no forms or screens to capture data in a structured way, hospitals fail to report quality measures as a routine byproduct of the practices, relying instead on a retrospective chart abstracting process.” (Holland, 2010)
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009“…authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide reimbursement incentives for eligible professionals and hospitals who are successful in becoming ‘meaningful users’ of certified electronic health record technology …” (The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009)
• The HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act establishes programs under CMS in coordination with the Office of the National Coordinator to accomplish this charge.
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Improve quality, safety, & efficiencyEngage patients & their families Improve care coordination Improve population & public health;
reduce disparitiesEnsure privacy & security protections
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The quality of care received needs improvement.
In the current healthcare environment there are a number of initiatives that aim to improve the care in the U.S. context through the use of HIT.• Meaningful Use
• Patient Centered Medical Home
• Accountable Care Organization
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References• Affordable Care Act. Available from: www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html• Berwick, D. October 30, 2009, speech, Harvard School of Public Health• Center for Medicaid Services. Shared Services Program. Available from:
https://www.cms.gov/sharedsavingsprogram/• Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; California Academy
of Family Physicians Diabetes Initiative Care Model Change Package originally developed by Lumetra• Holland, Marc. In Health Information Exchange: From Meaningful Use to Healthcare Transformation. Available
from: http://www.himss.org/content/files/Carefx%20_HIE_meaningful-use2.pdf• The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC, 2007). Available from: http://nchc.org/
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. What We Do (PCMH). Available from: http://www.pcpcc.net/what-we-do
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Available from: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html• President Barack Obama. Barack Obama, speech at George Mason University, January 12, 2009• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (June 22, 2011). Up to $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding
will help health providers improve care. Retrieved from: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/06/20110622a.html
ImagesSlide 14: Meaningful Use Stages. Courtesy of Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera
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Explain healthcare quality and quality improvement (QI).
Describe quality improvement as a goal of meaningful use.
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“Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and
populations increase the likelihood of desired outcomes and are consistent with
current professional knowledge.” (IOM, 2001)
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National Quality Forum (NQF) www.qualityforum.org National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) www.ncqa.org Provider organizations
• AMA’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/clinical-practice-improvement/clinical-quality/physician-consortium-performance-improvement
Joint Commission (JC) www.jointcommission.org Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
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The Healthcare Accreditation Institute (Public Organization) www.ha.or.th Joint Commission (JC) www.jointcommission.org International Organization for Standardization (ISO) www.iso.org Provider & professional organizations
• University Hospital Network (UHOSNET) www.uhosnet.com
• The Medical Council of Thailand www.tmc.or.th
• Thai Medical Informatics Association (TMI) www.tmi.or.th
• Other professional councils and organizations Regulatory organizations
• Ministry of Public Health
• Ministry of Education Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (TQF:HEd)
Payer organizations
• National Health Security Office (NHSO) www.nhso.go.th
• Social Security Office (SSO)
• Comptroller-General Department Other quality frameworks
• Thai Quality Award (TQA) www.tqa.or.th22
Needs to be improved, especially for the uninsured
Patient safety & healthcare-associated infections warrant urgent attention
Quality is improving, but pace is slow, especially in preventive care & chronic disease management
Disparities are common and lack of insurance is a contributor
Many disparities are not decreasing; those that warrant increased attention include care for cancer, heart failure, and pneumonia
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National study of physician performance for 30 medical conditions plus preventive care: physicians provided only 55% of recommended care.
(McGlynn et al. NEJM 2003; 348:2635)
66% of people with hypertension are inadequately treated. (JNC 7, JAMA 2003;289: 2560)
63% of people with diabetes have HbA1c levels greater than 7.0%. (Saydah, et al. JAMA 2004;291:335)
62% of people with elevated LDL cholesterol have not reached lipid goals.
(Afonso, Am J Man Care 2006;12:589)
50-70% of healthcare-associated infections are preventable.(Umscheid et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb;32(2):101-14.)
24.7% of Medicare patients admitted to the hospital for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days.
(CMS, 2009)
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Only 27% of adults with a regular primary care physician (PCP) could easily contact their physician over the telephone, obtain care or medical advice after hours, or experience timely office visits.
Only 57% of adults rate the information they get about their health issues as very good; only 43% find it easy to get an appointment; and only 56% find the physician’s office to be well-organized and feel their time is not wasted.
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Given the current sub-optimal quality of care received by patients, the introduction of QI initiatives is imperative.
HIT has an important role to play in QI initiatives.
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“Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it achieves.”
(Paul Batalden, M.D, 2008)
So, the answer must lay in the system redesign.
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Make it specific• Assign it a number if possible
Assign it a timelineMake it measurableMake sure it is challenging but doable
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PROCESS MEASURE: Are we doing what we must to get the improvement we seek?
OUTCOME MEASURE: Are we getting what we expect?
BALANCING MEASURE: Are we causing new problems in other parts of the system?
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Hospital• AIM: we will reduce the number of
ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP) in the ICU from the current 23% to under 10% in 4 months
• MEASURES: Process measure: Ventilator days Over-sedation hours Oral care performed
Outcome measure: Number of VAP
Balancing Measure: Cost of care Re-intubation rates
Ambulatory• AIM: we will reduce the amount
of time it takes our patients to get an appointment (request to appointment) from 23 days to 0 days in 6 months
• MEASURES: Process measure: Supply Demand No-show rate
Outcome measure: third next available appointment
Balancing Measure: Patient satisfaction
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Concepts and strategies: decide on the overall changes that will lead to the desired improvement.
Specific changes: • Make them small• Make them fast• Make them frequent
You may need to include additional measures specifically to decide if a change you have tested is worth keeping or did not lead to improvement.
Consider using pre-existing change packages.
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• One of the most important aspects of QI is to understand how your systems actually perform, under a range of conditions.
• Deming’s theory of profound knowledge is based on the principle that each organization is composed of a system of interrelated processes and people.
• The improvement of the system depends on the capability to organize the balance of each component to enhance the entire system.
• Understanding and learning about your system is essential to improve it.
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• PDCA (Deming Cycle)
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Plan
Do
Check
Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shewhart_cycle
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continual_improvement_process
Quality improvement is an ongoing, continuous effort
• Total Quality Management (TQM)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_quality_management
Quality of products and processes is the responsibility of everyone involved in the products or services
• Six Sigmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma
Seeks to improve quality by removing causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes
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• Leanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing
Considers expenditure of resources that does not create value a waste -> “Preserving value with less work”
Including tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Kanban (pull systems), Just in time (JIT), etc.
• Routine to Research (R2R)http://home.kku.ac.th/kitsir/research/html/download/news/r2r.pdf
Improves the routine work processes through research
• Risk Managementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_management
Identification, assessment, prioritization , prevention, mitigation, monitoring, and control of risks
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Image source: Senoo et al. (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14601060710776725
Nonaka SECI Model
The quality of care received needs improvement.
Quality improvement is an ongoing process that includes the setting of an aim and a progressive measurement, change test, and understanding of the system.
There are various complementary approaches to quality improvement
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References• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/• Batalden, Paul M.D in The Improvement Collaborative: An Approach to Rapidly Improve Health Care and Scale Up
Quality Services. June 2008. Available from: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovcsupport.net%2Flibsys%2FAdmin%2Fd%2FDocumentHandler.ashx%3Fid%3D790&ei=g2nWTtbdFoHn0QH8uP39AQ&usg=AFQjCNEnga43Tn8Y_Mmf0uUbcRUzhevA0w&sig2=RG7ZXVjV_eKlghcJarz_1A
• Beal et al. Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care. Commonwealth Fund, 2007• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. http://www.cms.gov/• IOM—International Institute of Medicine. Available from: http://iom.edu/• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Available from: http://www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx• Joint Commission. Available from: http://www.jointcommission.org/• National Committee for Quality Assurance. Available from: http://www.ncqa.org/• National Quality Forum (NQF). Available from: http://www.qualityforum.org/Home.aspx• Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI)- American Medial Association. Available from:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/clinical-practice-improvement/clinical-quality/physician-consortium-performance-improvement.page
• Wasson, J. & Benjamin, R. How is your health: what you can do to make your health and healthcare better, 2009. Available from: http://www.howsyourhealth.org/html/HowsYourHealth_4thEd.pdf
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ImagesSlide 20: Quality Health Care: Who Defines It? Courtesy of Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 23: Cover of the 2009 National Quality Healthcare Report and the 2009 National Healthcare Disparities
Report. Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr09.htmSlide 28: Basics of Quality Improvement. Courtesy of Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera
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Introduction to Quality Improvement and Health Information Technology:
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Has the potential to: improve health care qualityprevent medical errors increase health care efficiency & reduce
unnecessary costs increase administrative efficienciesdecrease paperworkexpand access to affordable care improve population health
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CPOE Computerized provider order entry Can reduce errors in drug prescribing
and dosingMedical Device Interface
Automated vital sign capture
Can reduce errors in transcription
Knowledge Links Reference information links Can reduce errors due to lack of
knowledgeMonitoring
Quality metric reporting
Can identify opportunities for improvement
e-MAR Computerized medication administration
record Can reduce errors in drug administratione-Allergy List
Computerized allergy list
Can reduce errors in preventable adverse drug events
Reminders Prompts and flags Can reduce errors in omission
Structured Notes
Standardized observations
Can reduce errors related to failure to detect subtle changes in status
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System change:
A medical logic module (MLM) was created that
provides the following functionality: When selected
drugs are ordered at a frequency of every 24 hours or
longer, the prescriber is automatically presented with
the last administration time if the drug had been
ordered previously.
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Early detection and effective treatment are the
cornerstones of treatment for pneumonia. Adults
aged 65 and older should receive the influenza and
pneumococcal immunization to prevent pneumonia
and its complications.
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Knowledge access Patient-friendly websites Can provide medical
information and access to support groups
Tailor to Patient Needs
Clinical decision support
Can tailor information according to patient characteristics and condition
Patient portal Patient access and manage
own health record Can enable self-
managementDisease management
Customized health education and disease management messaging
Can enable self-management
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Event:
A standard protocol (document specifying best
practices for care) and electronic prescriber order
sets are used for all adult patients receiving
intravenous blood thinners. There are new changes
to the protocol due to a switch to new laboratory
tests for monitoring drug activity.
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System Change:
The current protocol and electronic order
sets were revised to include orders for the
new laboratory tests. The new order sets
include changes to the therapeutic goals of
nurse-managed therapy.
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Knowledge access Patient-friendly websites Can provide medical
information and access to support groups
Tailor to Patient Needs
Clinical decision support
Can tailor information according to patient characteristics and condition
Patient portal Patient access and manage
own health record Can enable self-
managementDisease management
Customized health education and disease management messaging
Can enable self-management
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Event:
Mr. Jackson took his mother to a pre-operative evaluation
center in preparation for her impending surgery. He was
asked to help her complete an information form that
included her home medications. Mr. Jackson’s sister
manages these medications and he had forgotten to bring
the list. He was unable to contact her on her cell phone and
became increasingly frustrated since, after all, his mother’s
doctors should know what medicines she is taking!
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System Change:
The ambulatory care center implemented a web-
based patient portal that would allow patients or
caregivers to enter much of the history
information in advance, from home. Satisfaction
scores for patients improved with this active role
in their care.
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A medical office practice is considering the use of
a web-based secure messaging system to improve
patient-provider communication and enhance
patient satisfaction.
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Telemedicine• Internet-based access• Can provide immediate
access to medical information
Time-sensitive PromptsTimed draw alertsCan remind nurses when
to draw blood based on a medication intervention
Clinicians Reminders Task list schedules Can remind nurses when
treatments are duePatient Reminders Appointment schedulingCan remind patients
when they need to return for follow-up visits
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Event:
Medication patches are small, flesh-colored, and are usually
placed in discreet locations, e.g. the upper shoulder area or
on the back of the upper arm. Some patches are
appropriately left on for 2-3 days or longer. It is difficult to
track the placement and removal of these patches over time,
leading to errors in which medication patches were not
removed and the patient received too much medicine.
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System Change:
A change was made to the electronic medication record
(eMAR). After the nurse documents the application of the
patch in the eMAR, a follow-up task to remove the patch at
the ordered date and time is automatically generated. If the
follow-up task is still active during a transfer in care, the
receiving nurse will see this task on the eMAR.
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A healthcare system saw increases in adverse
events in its home care company due to inadequate
transfer of clinical information at hospital
discharge. An electronic hospital discharge
summary with auto-faxing was developed to
increase availability of discharge information at the
time of follow-up care.
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Wireless mobile technology
• Vital Sign Capture• Can eliminate need to
write or type vital signsSystem integration
• Pull forward historical information
• Can reduce data collection time
Character expansion• Ability to translate a few
characters into phrases, sentences or paragraphs
• Can decrease typing time
Clinical decision support
• Prompt for duplicate labs
• Can reduce redundant laboratory testing
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Event:
The emergency department (ED) staff at a community hospital
used a large whiteboard mounted on the wall that could be
quickly updated with felt-tip markers to track patients and
treatments. The problem was that staff could not obtain
information from the board unless they were physically standing
in front of it. In addition, information on the board only reflected
what was already known by the ED staff.
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System Change:
The hospital implemented an automated ED
patient tracking system that used business
intelligence technology. This technology
enabled more efficient patient flow using real-
time data.
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Hope Memorial Hospital implemented an
electronic picture archiving and communication
system (PACS) for requesting radiological
examinations and displaying images. They saw a
reduction in repeat chest X-ray films at outpatient
appointments.
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Data capture Monitoring by population
characteristics Can uncover health care
disparitiesTailor to Patient Needs
Competency-based patient education
Can tailor information to educational background and development status
Multi-Modal functionality Various ways for patients to
get health information Can decrease health care
disparityDecision support
Drug cost information
Can assist providers in selecting alternatives for low income patients
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All healthcare settings can benefit from the assistance of HIT professionals in identifying electronic solutions to quality concerns.
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References• Institute of Medicine. Crossing the quality chasm. Washington DC: National Academy Press, p. 232. 2001.
ImagesSlide 42: What is Health Care Quality? Courtesy Dr.Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera
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Analyze the ways that HIT can either help or hinder quality improvement.
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Work-arounds and artifacts can lead to unintended consequences
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Defined Alternative processes
that help workers avoid demands placed on them that they perceive to be unrealistic or harmful
Unanticipated behaviors directly or indirectly caused by the EHR when the system impedes one’s work
Example Nurses taking verbal
orders rather than prescribers entering the order into POE due to workflow timing of event
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When a bar-coding medication system interfered with their workflow, nurses devised work-arounds, such as removing the armband from the patient and attaching it to the bed because the barcode reader failed to interpret bar codes when the bracelet curved tightly around a small arm.
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Investigators found increased mortality among children admitted to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh after CPOE implementation.
Three reasons were cited for this unexpected outcome:• CPOE changed the workflow • Order entry required as many as 10 clicks & took as long as 2 minutes • When the team changed its workflow to accommodate CPOE, face-to-
face contact among team members diminished.
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Well-crafted HIT solutions can:• Improve safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equity,
timeliness, and patient-centeredness of care• Work to accomplish the best care for the whole
population at the lowest cost Poorly designed HIT solutions can:
• Lead to work-arounds and unintended consequences that may lead to patient risks or bad outcomes
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References• Connolly, C. (2005, March 21). Cedars-Sinai doctors cling to pen and paper. Washington Post, p. A01. Available from:
http://gunston.gmu.edu/.../cedars-sinai%20cpoe%20washpost%203-21-05• Doyle, M. Impact of the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) system on medication administration errors.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge. Jones and Bartlett Publishers Sudbury, Massachusetts. 2005.
• Han, Y.Y., Carcillo, J.A., Venkataraman, S.T., et al. Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics. 116;1506-1512. 2005
ImagesSlide 69: Patient Armbands. Department of Defense. Available from:
http://www.defense.gov/HomePagePhotos/LeadPhotoImage.aspx?id=74561Slide 70: Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Available from: http://www.chp.edu/CHP/Community+Preview+Photo+Gallery
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Principles of Quality and Safety for HIT
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In U.S. Healthcare system7% of patients suffer a medication error44,000- 98,000 deaths100,0000 death from hospital-acquired
infectionsPatients receive half of recommend
therapies $50 billion in total costs
Similar results in UK and Australia
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How can this happen?
We need to view the delivery of health care as a science
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1. Accept we are fallible—assume things will go wrong rather than right.
2. Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.
3. Understand principles of safe design. • Standardize• Create checklists• Learn when things go wrong
4. Recognize these principles apply to technical and team work.
5. Teams make wise decision when there is diverse and independent input.
Caregivers are not to blame
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References• Boeing. 2001 Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents. June 2002• Johns Hopkins Hospital. Josie King. Available: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/s04/feature1.cfm• Reason, J. BMJ 2000;320:768-770
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ImagesSlide 74: Sponge Left in Stomach. Image courtesy Dr. Peter Pronovost. Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2008 Annual
Conference: September 9, 2008 Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualmtg08/090908slides/Pronovost.htm
Slide 78: The Swiss Cheese Model. Adapted by Dr. Peter Pronovost from original in Reason, J. BMJ 2000;320:768-770.Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference: September 9, 2008
Slide 79: System Factors. Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference: September 9, 2008 Image courtesy Dr. Peter Pronovost.
Slide 80: A Dosage Error? Creative Commons by MBBradford. Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glucagon_vials_and_syringe.JPG
Principles of Quality and Safety for HIT
Part 2
This material (Comp12_Unit2b) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
Standardize. • Eliminate steps if possible.
Create independent checks.Learn when things go wrong.
• What happened?• Why did it happen?• What did you do to reduce risk?• How do you know it worked?
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Assume things will go wrong Develop lenses to see systems Work to Mitigate Technical and Teamwork
Hazards• Standardize work• Create independent checks• Learn from mistakes
Make wise decisions by getting input from others
Keep the patient the north star
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In this unit we’ve learned about the ways that teams make wise decisions with diverse and independent input. We’ve also explored the importance of communication and especially the place of critical listening.
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References• Dayton, E. Joint Commission Journal, Jan. 2007• Johns Hopkins Hospital. Josie King. Available: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/s04/feature1.cfm• Reason, J. BMJ 2000;320:768-770
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ImagesSlide 85: A Bank of ATMs. Creative Commons: Piotrus. Available from:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PNC_bank_ATMs.JPGSlide 86. A Three-Point Seat Belt in a Lincoln Town Car. Courtesy Creative Commons Gerdbrendel. Available from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seatbelt.jpgSlide 87. Jelly Beans. Creative Commons Brandon D
Available from: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oxxwjc9sQp8/TbCxyVKPtWI/AAAAAAAAAcA/NkPtINLsFjw/s1600/jelly-beans.jpg
The Culture of Safety
This material (Comp12_Unit4) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
Video 1
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Pointing the finger at people rather than systems.
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Limits learning Increases likelihood of repeat errorsDrives self-reporting underground
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Video 2
In this unit we explored the characteristics of high reliability organizations and learned more about establishing an organizational culture of safety.
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References• AHRQ Patient Safety Primers. Safety Culture. Available from: http://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer.aspx?primerID=5• Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders. Rockville, MD. AHRQ
Publication No. 08-0022, 2008 April. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/hroadvice/
• Riley, W., Davis, S.E., Miller, K.K., & McCullough, M. A model for developing high reliability teams. J Nurs Manag. 2010 Jul18(5):556-563.
Charts, Tables, FiguresTable 4_1. The five specific concepts that help create the state of mindfulness that is needed for reliability, which in turn
is a prerequisite for safety. Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/hroadvice/hroadvicefig1-6.htm
ImagesSlide 92: Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise. Courtesy U.S. Navy, photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Rob Gaston.
Available from: http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=15089Slide 94: Blame. Created by Dr. Stephanie Poe.Slide 95: Blame Arrows. Created by Dr. Stephanie Poe.Slide 96: How to Promote a Culture of Learning 1. Courtesy: Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 97: How to Promote a Culture of Learning 2 Courtesy: Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 98:How to Promote a Culture of Learning 3 Courtesy: Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 99: Culture of Safety Characteristics. Courtesy: Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 100: Honey Bee. Creative Commons by William Warby. Available from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/
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Learning From Mistakes: Error Reporting and
Analysis and HIT: Part 1
This material (Comp12_Unit12a) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
“A new delivery system must be built to achieve substantial improvements in patient safety – a system that is capable of preventing errors from occurring in the first place, while at the same time incorporating lessons learned from any errors that do occur.”(IOM,2004)
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Admit that providing health care is potentially hazardous
Take responsibility for reducing risks Encourage error reporting without blame Learn from mistakes Communicate across traditional hierarchies and
boundaries; encourage open discussion of errors Use a systems (not individual) approach to analyze
errors Advocate for multidisciplinary teamwork Establish structures for accountability to patient safety
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Near Miss Harm
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Swiss cheese model of errorA culture of safetyThree HIT mechanisms to help control
error• surveillance systems, on-line event reporting,
and predictive analytics/data modelingRisk assessment model (near-miss VS
harm)
References• AHRQ Patient Safety Network. Glossary. Available from: http://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary.aspx • AHRQ. Glossary: Failure Mode Effects Analysis. Available from:
http://webmm.ahrq.gov/popup_glossary.aspx?name=failuremodeandeffectanalysis• Kilbridge PM, & Classen DC. The informatics opportunities at the intersection of patient safety and clinical informatics. J Am
Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Jul-Aug;15(4):397-407. Epub 2008 Apr 24.• Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 320:768-770. 2000.
ImagesSlide 105: Adapted from Reason J. Human Error: Models and Management. BMJ 320:768 2000. by Dr. Peter
Pronovost. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/content/320/7237/768.longSlide 106: Adapted from Reason J. Human Error: Models and Management. BMJ 320:768 2000. by Dr. Peter
Pronovost. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/content/320/7237/768.longSlide 108: Types of Outcomes. Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera
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Analysis and HIT: Part 2
This material (Comp12_Unit12b) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
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Alert fatigue
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Classification of error• AHRQ• James Reason• Slips & mistakes• Latent conditions & active failures• Sharp end & blunt end
References• AHRQ Patient Safety Network. Glossary. Available from: http://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary.aspx • AHRQ. Glossary: Failure Mode Effects Analysis. Available from:
http://webmm.ahrq.gov/popup_glossary.aspx?name=failuremodeandeffectanalysis• Ash JS, Sittig DF, Poon EG, Guappone K, Campbell E, Dykstra RH. The extent and importance of unintended
consequences related to computerized provider order entry. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(4):415-423.• Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 320:768-770. 2000. • Siegler EL, Adelman R. Copy and paste. A remediable hazard of electronic health records. Am J Med. 2009
Jun;122(6):495-6.
ImagesSlide 112: Types of Error –Commission/Ommission. Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 113: Types of Error. Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-PorreraSlide 114: Types of Error II. Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera
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Analysis and HIT: Part 3
This material (Comp12_Unit12c) was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000013.
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Structured problem-solving process
Considers all potential causal or contributing factors Human factors System factors
Detailed chronological list of events surrounding incident
Premise: one can learn from one’s mistakes
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Healthcare Example: Mrs. A. received blood in the Emergency Department. Within 15 minutes, she experienced a bad reaction. Her nurse realized that she had received blood intended for another patient. She was transferred to the intensive care unit to be stabilized. The ED staff wanted to know how this could have happened so they assembled a team to identify possible causes.
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Briefly describe event Identify affected areas/servicesAssemble a team Diagram the process (flow chart) Identify potential root causes Prioritize root causes Develop action plan Evaluate results!
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Story: Before I had children, I invited one of my high school friends and her family, including a toddler, to dinner. I was worried that her toddler would somehow manage to hurt himself in my house, which was designed for a childless couple.
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Select a high risk process, one that is
known to have problems, and assemble a
team.
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The higher the number, the more urgent the need to prevent a failure.
Event: After reading several articles about laboratory specimen errors that result in lab tests being done on the wrong patients, doctors at a community office practice decide to examine the potential for this problem to happen in their office laboratory.
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Select a high risk process (patient identification):• Affects a large number of patients• Carries a high risk for patients• Has known process problems identified by other
organizations (e.g., Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert!) Assemble a team
• People closest to issue involved• People critical to implementation of potential changes• Respected, credible team leader• Someone with decision-making authority• People with diverse knowledge bases
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The higher the number, the more urgent the need to prevent a failure.
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Tools• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)• Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)• Hazard Analysis• Flow Charting
References• AHRQ Patient Safety Network. Glossary. Available from: http://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary.aspx • AHRQ. Glossary: Failure Mode Effects Analysis. Available from:
http://webmm.ahrq.gov/popup_glossary.aspx?name=failuremodeandeffectanalysis
Charts, Tables, FiguresTable12.1 Conduct a Hazard Analysis. Dr. Stephanie PoeTable12.2 Conduct a Hazard Analysis II. Dr. Stephanie Poe
ImagesSlide 119: Quality Improvement Tools. Dr. Stephanie PoeSlide 121: Root Cause Analysis. Dr. Stephanie PoeSlide 124: Failure Mode Effects Analysis. Dr. Stephanie PoeSlide 127: FMEA: Steps. Dr. Stephanie PoeSlide 128: FMEA Diagram. Dr. Stephanie PoeSlide 133: Quality Improvement Tools. Dr. Stephanie Poe
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