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“In God we trust……all others bring data….”
Foundations of CQI: Elements of Data Collection, Sharing, and
Learning
The Challenge
Challenges
• Money– Time & personnel for data entry
– Software
– Hardware
• Data compatibility– Within institutions
– Between institutions
– With neonatal / pediatric
– National initiatives
Challenges
• Who owns the data
• Data governance / management
• Misuse / abuse of data– Marketing– Competition– Payer leverage– Formal data agreements
Other challenges
• What do we collect• What do we measure
– Structure– Process / system– Outcome
• Standardization– Outcomes– Definitions
Current Options
• Existing data groups
• Commercial products– NPIC– AWHONN
• Something new– Independent– Lobby national organizations
Limitations
• Current – mostly administrative datasets– Financial / coding
• Outcomes oriented– Limited insight into process and structure
• Limited datasets– VON – VLBW infants; limited maternal data
• Limited linkage between mother & infant• ‘Garbage in – garbage out’
Opportunities
Opportunities
• Establish standardized dataset
• Links with registries and other databases– Direct link with EMR’s– Birth certificate, other
• Define our own measures
• Leadership in national measures
Emerging Stories
February 21, 2008, 1:13 am Google Health Begins Its Preseason at Cleveland Clinic
Other opportunities
• Partnerships– Tech industry
• SAS, Google, Microsoft, STI, Premier……
– ACOG, NQF, IHI, other– PQCNC– CMS, other payers– ‘VON-P’