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The Quadruple Aim
Quadruple Aim

A Conceptual Framework

Improving the U.S. health care system requires four aims: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, reducing per capita costs and improving care team well-being. HITEQ Center resources seek to provide content and direction aligned with the goals of the Quadruple Aim

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Overview

Through the data validation process, valuable information is gained that can then be used to improve performance around patient care or quality of care metrics.  Improving quality performance may take the form of improving data collection processes, better identifying patients who need additional interventions, or decreasing missed opportunities to provide patients appropriate interventions, among other possibilities. This section includes guidance on leveraging Health IT to improve quality performance including change packages for recommended approaches related to various quality of care measures.

Improving Performance Resources
Quality Report Inventory
HITEQ Center
/ Categories: EHR Selection and Implementation, EHR Implementation, Health IT Enabled QI, Improving Performance

Quality Report Inventory

Organizing your quality team with a schedule and map of quality report distribution

A Report Inventory is a means to make public all available reports, the schedule for publishing to the organization, and their distribution. It provides a point of reference for all potential report requestors who are looking for data on any metric. The Report Inventory may also include reference to EHR alerts, mappings, and schedules and any supporting EHR or Population Health Management tools that are available to support improvement of each metric.

Making this tool available on a shared drive or company intranet provides a point of reference for analysts to direct report requestors prior to acting on any new report request. The Report Inventory is organized by metric, including the denominator and numerator definitions, exclusions, and references to the metric steward which may be internal to the organization or external (e.g. UDS, NQF, etc.). The Report Inventory should be curated by your data analysts in collaboration with the responsible metric stewards within an organization.

Download the Excel tool below to see a full example and additional instructions. 

Also, see the companion Data Dictionary tool here.

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Tags: quality improvementToolData ReportingQIelectronic health recorddataHealth IT Enabled QIExcelQuality Reports
Intended AudienceHealth Center IT, Data, and Quality Staff

Documents to download

  • Quality Report Inventory Tool(.xlsx, 71.51 KB) - 1254 download(s)

    This Report Inventory tool is a means to make public all available reports, the schedule for publishing to the organization, and their distribution. Developed Summer 2017.

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Acknowledgements

This resource collection was compiled by the HITEQ Center staff with guidance from HITEQ Advisory Committee members and collaborators of the HITEQ Center.