Making Quality Count: Tools, Strategies, and Resources

Slide Presentation by Vi Naylor

On February 18, 2004, Vi Naylor, made a presentation in a Web Conference at Event 1, which was entitled "Using Measurement Data to Improve Quality."

This is the text version of Ms. Naylor's slide presentation. Select to access the PowerPoint® slides (106 KB).

Using Measurement Data to Improve Quality

Vi Naylor
Executive Vice President
Georgia Hospital Association
Marietta, GA

Slide 1

Partnership for Health and Accountability's Vision

• Proactive Use of Data.
• Community: Inform to Improve Health.
• Providers: Feedback to Improve Quality and Safety.

Slide 2

AHRQ Tools

• Inpatient Quality Indicators (QIs).
• Collaborative Approach to Resource Effectiveness Program (CARE).
• Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).
• Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs).

Slide 3

Diabetes Beginnings

Flow Chart: Care 2 and AHRQ PQI in yellow boxes on upper left merge into one arrow leading to Advisory Council in orange box on upper right. Advisory council links directly to Diabetes Special Interest in blue box on bottom center of slide. Accountability and Health Safety Committee in orange box on lower left connects across slide And advisory council down arrow to PHA Publications: Insights, State of Health of Georgia (2000-2002) in green box on bottom right.

Slide 4

Activities in Diabetes Care

• CDC Study: Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) & Diabetes.
• Diabetes Resource Assessment.
• Insulin Protocols.
• Disease State Management.
• Diabetes Clinics.

Slide 5

Challenges

• Collaboration among existing programs.
• Maintaining Focus.
• Resource Availablilty.
• Keeping Momentum.

Slide 6

Successes

• Physician Champion.
• Pharmacy Champion.
• Diabetes Education.
• Collaboration.
• Health Care Organization Involvement.

Slide 7

For more information please visit PHA at: www.gha.org/pha

Current as of June 2004

Internet Citation:

Using Measurement Data to Improve Quality. Text Version of a Slide Presentation at a Web Conference. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/qcount/naylortxt.htm

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