Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety

LEAPT Grant Update October, 2013

What is LEAPT?• In a nutshell – The expansion of MHA’s HEN grant from CMS• The CMS HEN grant program seeks to significantly improve

the quality of care and reduce hospital-acquired conditions in hospitals nation wide.

• CMS awarded $218 million to 26 organizations• MHA was one of the high performing HENs &was eligible

for an expansion of the original grant = LEAPT• MHA invited many community partners, including MAPS, to

apply as a subcontractor for this grant expansion (6 LEAPT grants awarded nationwide)

MAPS Priority Initiatives

• New Initiatives– Safety at Transitions of

Care– Measuring Patient Safety

Progress– Improved Regulation to

Support Safety

• Continuing Initiatives– Expand Educational

Programming– Culture Road Map– Develop aligned

Organizational Strategy

Selection Criterion:1. Uniquely positioned2. Safety Across the Continuum3. Opportunity for short & long term success4. Matches work to available resources

What is MAPS doing for LEAPT? • MAPS proposal based on our Transitions Work

Group’s recommendations • Specifically:– Develop & test an evidence based and universally

applicable tool for consumers to use at any transition of care to improve safety and prevent harm.

• Transitions WG will be initial Advisory Group

Safe Transitions of Care• Exploratory Work Group Convened June 2012• Work group decided not to try to duplicate work of RARE & others

– Found several examples of internal efforts to improve transition processes • Lacking is the accompanying work concerning engaging and

activating patients, residents, families & consumers during transitions of care.– Focused on patient/consumer/family engagement

• Identified 4 evidence based actions that improve safety at transitions of care

• Develop & test a set of targeted, consistent, universally applicable messages to use at every setting

• Develop tools based on consumer research & feedback

What is MAPS doing for LEAPT? • Successful safety improvement centers on a plan

that routinely includes the following elements: – Medication reconciliation,– Communicating test results, – Understanding the warning signs that a medical

condition is worsening, and– Completing next steps or follow-up appointments.

• Ultimately, complications like readmissions reduced

What is MAPS doing for LEAPT? • Best practices identification ✔• Key message development • Consumer education tactic development &

refinement• Consumer market research validation• Develop education plan & produce materials (tools) • Public Awareness• Evaluation & measurement

What might this look like ?

• Not graphically designed • Not word-smithed• Messages to be tested with patients

Potential fridge magnet and wallet card (not graphically designed or wordsmithed yet). Themes to be tested with patients.

YOU: YOUR OWN BEST MEDICINEBefore your appointment: ___ BRING MEDICATION LIST. Bring a complete list of accurate to share.___ BRING TEST RESULTS. Bring all recent test results to share. During your appointment: ___ WRITE A WARNING SIGNS LIST. Ask about warning signs. Write them down___ WRITE NEXT STEPS LIST. Ask about recommended next steps. Write them down. After your appointment: ___ ACT ON NEXT STEP LIST. Schedule appointments and tests. Fill prescriptions. ___ WATCH FOR WARNING SIGNS. Alert doctor if you have warning signs (see your list).

Potential fridge magnet and wallet card (not graphically designed or wordsmithed yet). Themes to be tested with patients.

YOUR HEALTHCARE HOMEMORK

Before your appointment: ___ BRING MEDICATION LIST. Bring a complete list of accurate to share.___ BRING TEST RESULTS. Bring all recent test results to share. During your appointment: ___ WRITE A WARNING SIGNS LIST. Ask about warning signs. Write them down___ WRITE NEXT STEPS LIST. Ask about recommended next steps. Write them down. After your appointment: ___ ACT ON NEXT STEP LIST. Schedule appointments and tests. Fill prescriptions. ___ WATCH FOR WARNING SIGNS. Alert doctor if you have warning signs (see your list).

• Significant work – Almost 3 times MAPS current operating budget

• Aggressive timelines– Phase 1, Dec. 2013– Phase 2, Dec. 2014

• Huge opportunity for MAPS– Establish unique role as community leader Engaging

Consumers for Safe Care Everywhere

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MAPS Campaign Path

Campaign Themes• Guided by strategic plan, develop 4

potential campaign themes, and sample tactics illustrative of each theme, to be tested with patients.

Discovery• Learn about clinical experts’

recommendations.• Boil it down into simple, patient-

friendly language.

Strategic Planning• Develop a draft strategic

communications plan• Goal, target audience, key

messages, tone, key messengers, strategies, sample tactics to test.

Patient Feedback• Online interviews of 100 patients• Attitudinal barriers and opportunities?• Which potential campaign themes and

media work best?

Choose Theme• Use patient feedback and

clinical expert input to choose a campaign theme and refine the strategic communications plan.

Media Planning• Guided by refined plan, expert

media planner recommends media mix to most efficiently and effectively achieve our goals within budget parameters.

Tactical Development• Develop materials needed to execute

media plan (e.g. discharge packet, wallet cards, magnets, web video, website, radio ads, online ads, other?)

Tactical Execution• With partners, get all materials

and ads in front of the target audience as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Evaluate Campaign• Evaluate strengths and

weaknesses of campaign to inform future outreach.

You are here.

Phase 1 – pre-Dec. 8, 2013

Phase 2 – post-Dec. 8, 2013

Questions? www.mnpatientsafety.org