February 2008 e-Bulletin

e-Bulletin: A Monthly Update of the Home Health QIOSC

February 2008 e-Bulletin

Welcome to the Home Health QIOSC monthly e-Bulletin, your source for the latest updates in home health quality improvement. You may either browse the newsletter or use the icons at the top of the page to jump to a specific section.

The Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign Best Practice Intervention Packages (BPIPs) can now be accessed at www.medqic.org. Please see the Miscellaneous section for more details.

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Featured Resources: Quality Basics Series on MedQIC

Quality Basics for QIOs on www.medqic.org

Title	Description
The History and Evolution of Quality	Includes information on: Background and history of the development of quality pioneers Quality concepts such as Outcomes Measurement, PDSA Cycles, the Quality Trilogy, the Pareto Principle, and how they apply to health care Implementation and sustainability of quality improvement Future of quality in health care
Dimensions of Quality	Includes information on: What is quality? How is it defined? Who sets the standards? Why is this important? Eleven key dimensions of quality: appropriateness, availability, competency, continuity, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, prevention and early detection, respect and caring, safety and timeliness Pillars of quality such as quality assurance, quality improvement, risk management and others Standards of quality include The Joint Commission, CMS, State Departments of Health, as well as risk, care, utilization and outcomes management
Quality Improvement Models	Includes information on: Overview of a variety of quality improvement models and theories Basic key concepts to improving methodologies include Baldrige, ISO, Human Factors, Lean, Six Sigma, and the Model for Improvement Introduction to the Reliability and Spread theories, including two Institute of Healthcare Improvement theories used in health care for expanding "projects" to system-wide improvement
Quality Measurement: A Data Driven Approach to Improving Healthcare Quality	Includes information on: Types, purposes and limitations of data that are commonly used in health care Overview of common measurement strategies in health care Statistical analysis methods are explained to present data in ways that are actionable in attaining actual improvements in processes and outcomes
Structure, Process, Outcome: Systems Thinking in Quality Improvement	Includes information on: Basic "how to" of system measurement and analysis Quality measure and control, the quality management function, definitions and descriptions of monitoring processes Steps in the analysis process such as tracking performance measures Trigger setting and benchmarking
Methods of Measuring Quality	Includes information on: Collecting and understanding different types of data for development of measurement tools and for designing and conducting data analysis Difference between types of data, general collection methods and review frequency comparisons, such as ratios and rates

Quality Basics for Providers on www.medqic.org

Title	Description
The History and Evolution of Quality	Includes information on: Background and history of the development of quality Events and individuals that shaped healthcare quality improvement into a specific discipline
Dimensions of Quality (recorded on 02/12/2008 – Pending posting)	Includes information on: What is quality? How is it defined? Who sets the standards? Why is this important? Eleven key dimensions of quality: appropriateness, availability, competency, continuity, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, prevention and early detection, respect and caring, safety, and timeliness Pillars of quality such as quality assurance, quality improvement, risk management, and others Standards of quality include The Joint Commission, CMS, State Departments of Health, as well as risk, care, utilization and outcomes management

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There are no pending deliverable dates at this time.

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(Please note that all conference numbers now have a numerical ID)

Combined HH National/CoP Call: Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 3:00 p.m. (EST)
1.866.861.5389; ID: 898989

2008 AHQA Conference: February 26-28, 2008

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All HHQI resources are in the process of being moved to MedQIC. The Best Practice Intervention Packages and associated resources can now be found at this location on MedQIC.

The left menu bar on the Home Health page of MedQIC contains a link for the HHQI Campaign.

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