A National Web Conference on Quality Metrics and Measurement
Event Date:
April 28, 2011 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm ET
Overall Purpose:
Dr. Baker will present on the Utilizing Precision Performance Measurement to Improve Quality (UPQUAL) project, which targeted four chronic diseases and five preventive services for physicians to achieve ultra-high levels of performance. He will describe the rationale, provide an overview of the intervention, and present the changes in performance after 1 and 3 years. Mr. Hamilton will present findings from the AHRQ-funded project, A Partnership for Clinician Electronic Health Record (EHR) Use and Quality of Care. He will focus on quality indicators, identified by the Institute of Medicine, for areas of improvement through rigorous quantitative methodology. Lastly, Dr. Weiner will explore the findings and implications of the AHRQ grant to use EHR data to improve quality measurement. With a focus on diabetes, Dr. Weiner will describe shortcomings of the existing HBA1c-threshold-based quality measure and propose an alternative measure that credits providers who are performing better than expectations.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how current quality measurement systems will be used going forward under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and what changes will be implemented.
- Demonstrate the role of health IT in quality measurement and reporting.
- Describe how health IT can be used to improve health care quality. (Physicians)
- Identify health IT strategies to implement in their (physicians) practice to improve health care decision making, support patient-centered care, and improve the quality and safety of medication management.
Event Materials:
- Presentation Slides (PDF, 3.40 MB)
- Recording of the Audio and Presentation
- Event Transcript (PDF, 152 KB)
The Wisconsin Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Wisconsin Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.