QDACT - Bridging the Quality Gap

Friday, March 30, 2012: 3:15 PM-4:45 PM
National Harbor 10 (Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center)
Primary Presenter:
Janet Bull, MD
Co-Presenter:
John Morris, MD
Area of Emphasis: Quality Assessment, Performance Improvement, Benchmarking
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss opportunities and challenges related to data collection, infrastructure sustainability and quality reporting.
2. Identify the type of metrics that are useful to collect to better understand our patient population
3. Translate results of data analyses into QI projects that will lead to improved patient care
Collecting reliable and valid data is an increasing expectation for hospice and palliative care programs. Implementation of a standardized and reliable data infrastructure among community-based hospice and palliative care (HPC) organizations allows us to more effectively assess quality of care and examine patterns of access and utilization, symptoms, and advance care planning.  In this presentation, faculty will discuss the creation of a multisite palliative care database (the Carolinas Palliative Care Dataset) that provides critical data collection and data management infrastructure to support quality assessment and quality improvement (QA/QI) in HPC.
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