Improving Quality Transparency in Greater Columbus Regional Quality Reporting Overview (revised: 4/1/15) What is the purpose? Based on nationally endorsed measures, compile and share all-payer quality data from electronic medical records to: • Enable patients to make better informed choices about their care, help health care professionals see where they can improve, and allow purchasers to know the value of the care that they are buying. •
Demonstrate the meaningful use of health information technology.
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Based on learning that emerges, catalyze best practices to improve healthcare transparency in Greater Columbus.
What are the objectives? • Refresh data every six months (starting with cancer, diabetes, and heart measures). •
Share comparable quality data via a regional website starting in the 2nd half of 2015.
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Share comparable quality data in Consumer Reports magazine in Q1 2016.
Who is participating? Participants Hospital-Owned Practices • Mount Carmel Medical Group • OhioHealth Physician Group • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Primary Care
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Quality Measures Cancer: Colorectal Cancer Screening (NQF 0034) Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control (NQF 0059) Heart: Controlling High Blood Pressure (NQF 0018)
Private Practices • Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians FQHCs - Federally Qualified Health Centers • Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. • Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers • Lower Lights Christian Health Center • Southeast, Inc.
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Cancer: Colorectal Cancer Screening (HRSA Uniform Data System) Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control (HRSA Uniform Data System) Heart: Controlling High Blood Pressure (HRSA Uniform Data System)
Additional healthcare organizations are invited to contact Krista Stock (krista@hcgc.org) to learn more about participating in this regional healthcare improvement project. Please visit our website to learn more about our regional healthcare improvement activities. www.hcgc.com