Primary Care: Harnessing Data for Improvement W.L. Clifford, M.D., M.Sc.F., FCFP Paul Murray, M.B. 2012.10.25
The why – high quality primary care The how – measurement, self reflection, population health awareness, system design/transformation The what – distributed data questions
“Care is coordinated, continuous and comprehensive with patients having access to an interdisciplinary team”
NH Community Care Shared EHR
Physician’s overestimate performance by at least 10% (30% for LDL in diabetes) Diabetes composite 2.5% McCrate et al. CFP 2010
Hypertension and BP < 140/90 Steinman et al. Am J Med 2004 Steinman et al. Am J Med 2004
Practice Routinely Receives and Reviews Data on Patient Clinical Outcomes Percent Source: 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians.
Practice Routinely Receives Data Comparing Clinical Performance to Other Practices Percent * Question asked differently in Italy. Source: 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians.
Measures must be connected to the doers Collect measures from meaningful documentation Value add from system
Point of Care Practice Population
Point of Care Practice Population
Point of Care
Point of Care Patient Specific Information Clinical Decision Support Messaging / Tasks Interdisciplinary Care Coordination of Care
Information Flow - CDM
Practice
Patient Specific Information Access Registries and Gaps in Care Recall Practice Patient Specific Information Access Registries and Gaps in Care Recall
Test Result Rate of Change
Population
Population Demographics Disease Prevalence Screening Prevention Chronic Disease Management Mortality Access Costs Satisfaction / Experience
Population Level Measurement Privacy for patient and provider Right measures Timely Available
Aggregates are often good enough for the population level Can’t be reworked or linked (“mining”) Provides pointer to population which can then apply usual research methods (ethics/consent)
Generate Aggregates from Queries F I r e w a l l EMR Generate Aggregates from Queries Interface Aggregate (e.g. numerator & denominator) Collector F I r e w a l l EMR Generate Aggregates from Queries Interface
Prince George versus NH as a whole
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