Report Changes in Response to IOM Recommendations (Text Version)

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Report Changes in Response to IOM [Institute of Medicine] Recommendations

Ernest Moy
Ernest.Moy@ahrq.hhs.gov
301-427-1329

http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov

Images: The covers of the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (NHQR and NHDR).

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Overview

• Changes for 2010:
  • Align with IOM priority areas/updated framework
  • Add benchmarks
• Beyond 2010:
  • Expand fact sheets/mini-reports
  • Redesign Web tools

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2010 Reports: Align with IOM Priorities & Framework

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2010 NHQR / NHDR Chapters

Single Highlights with new sections on Priority Areas and State Summaries
Single Intro/Methods

NHQR

• With benchmarks, DR highlights, and priority population highlights
• Effectiveness
• Safety
• Timeliness
• Patient Centeredness
• Care Coordination
• Efficiency
• Health System Infrastructure
• Access

NHDR

• With benchmarks, QR highlights, and priority population highlights
• Effectiveness
• Safety
• Timeliness
• Patient Centeredness
• Care Coordination
• Efficiency
• Health System Infrastructure
• Access
• Priority Populations Summaries

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IOM Benchmark Recommendation

• To the extent that the data are available, the reporting of each measure in the NHQR and NHDR measure set should include routinely updated benchmarks that represent the best known level of performance that has been attained.

Image: Chart shows the following benchmarks: Health People 2010 target, 90%; National benchmark, 74.3%; National average, 57.3%. High and low points are noted by location, race/ethnicity, and income: Oregon, 74.3%, DC, 52%; White, 59.9%; Black, 36.8; Non-Hispanic White, 61.9%; Hispanic, 33.2%; High income, 60.9%; Poor, 45.1%.

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Benchmark Methods

• Setting Achievable Benchmarks:
  • Same in QR and DR
  • Top 10% States
  • Year specific
  • 30+ States with reliable estimates
  • Exclude Territories
• Calculating Time to Benchmark:
  • Linear regression of data points
  • 4+ data points make a trend (or change in trend)

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Pneumococcal Vaccine among Elderly by Race/Ethnicity

2008 Achievable Benchmark = 63.9%

Image: Line graph shows the following data:

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Pneumococcal Vaccine among Elderly by Insurance

2008 Achievable Benchmark = 63.9%

Image: Line graph shows the following data:

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Benchmark Example of Improvement

Images: Two sample benchmarks for adult home health care patients are shown; the percentage of patients approaching the achievable benchmark rises each year.

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Benchmark Example of No Improvement

Images: Two sample benchmarks for long-stay nursing home residents who need help with daily activities are shown; the percentage of patients remains approximately the same each year.

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Children ages 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines by household income

2008 Achievable Benchmark = 82%

Image: Line graph shows the following data:

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Ongoing Benchmark Challenges

• Should benchmarks by updated? When?
• What to do when there are no State data? Population benchmark; what population? Provider benchmark?
• What about race-specific State-based benchmarks?
• Is it appropriate and useful to apply State-based benchmarks to disparities?

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Beyond 2010: Fact Sheets/Mini-Reports

• Focus on Priority Populations:
  • Well-defined audiences
  • Reduced NHDR Priority Populations chapter
  • Opportunity to meet user needs better
• Every quarter after Report release (3/year):
  • Sustain interest
  • Every priority pop covered every other year
• Collaboration with:
  • AHRQ Office of Priority Populations
  • Interagency Work Group

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Integrated Web Design

• New integrated site will:
  • Guide users through a cohesive national quality improvement storyline:
    • National priorities? Sub-national targets
    • Reporting information? Taking action
  • Include enhanced features, such as:
    • Guiding questions
    • "Step-by-step" quality improvement tools
    • Achievable benchmarks
    • Similar-state-, sub-population-, and payer- comparisons
    • Easy-to-identify navigational icons
    • Consistency of detail on NHQR/DR methods
    • Glossary of terms

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Integrated Components

Images: Detailed tables from Report appendices; Meters and dials from State Snapshots; Dynamic tables from NHQRDRnet.