1. The Impact of Technology Upon Quality and Patient Safety
Ryan C. Everett, BS
Coordinator, Quality Integration
Ohio Hospital Association
Quality Institute

2. Membership of 219 hospitals and 13 health systems throughout Ohio.
Who is OHA?
OHA exists to collaborate with member hospitals and health systems to ensure a healthy Ohio.
Membership of 219 hospitals and 13 health systems throughout Ohio.
Governed by a 20-member Board of Trustees representative of member hospitals

3. “In attempting to arrive at the truth, I have applied everywhere for information, but in scarcely an instance have I been able to obtain hospital records fit for any purposes of comparison. If they could be obtained, they would enable us to decide many other questions besides the ones alluded to. They would show subscribers how their money was being spent, what amount of good was really being done with it, or whether the money was not doing mischief rather than good…” Florence Nightingale, 1863

4. OHA’s Statewide Initiatives
Reduction of harm
Reduction of all cause, all age, all payer readmissions
Improvement of the patient’s experience of care
Prevention of infant mortality

5. Measures and Metrics
Each initiative has defined measures (what specifically we are focusing upon)
Each measure has defined metrics (the specific targeted outcomes)

6. Transitions of Care
Communication
Sustainability
Diversity

7. Formation of Workgroup
Focused workgroups representative of OHA’s membership and related entities
Emphasis upon the measures/metrics
Most work accomplished remotely using web-based venues, minimizing workplace interruptions and travel

8. Strategies Access to/interaction with effective practices
Dissemination of effective practices
Sharing of lessons learned
Implementation
Sustainability
Transparency

9. Impact of Technology Predictive Analytics PSI/IQI Outcomes/days/cost
Choice of comparators
Timely data
Readmissions module forthcoming in Q1, 2015

10. Impact of Technology Repository Higher Logic Resource database
Discussion boards
Resource dissemination

11. Impact of Technology Website Portal for reports OHA – single sign on
Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI)

12. Impact of Technology Collaboratives
Facilitation of traditional collaboratives
Host of virtual collaboratives

13. James Guliano, MSN, RN-BC
Contact Information
Ryan Everett, BS
James Guliano, MSN, RN-BC
(614)
ohiohospitals.org