S.C.O.R.E. (Strategic Clinical Outcome Reporting Evaluation)

Implementing the critical role of effective clinical data management to outcomes reporting and pay for performance profiling

C-V Outcomes Management Planning:

  • Clinical Data Management Assessments
  • Quality Tracking and Benchmarking / Support
  • CV Clinical Database Development / Benchmarking
  • CV Documentation Enhancement

Optimizing the Process of Measuring Clinical Improvement

 

Intensified public awareness and regulatory scrutiny have made clinical quality an urgent concern for the nation’s healthcare leadership.

The challenge now facing many hospitals is how to effectively and efficiently present a profile of preeminence in a healthcare-outcomes reporting environment that is becoming increasingly turbulent.

Heart programs that have successfully managed publicly-reported data for decades are searching for new strategies to ensure that their institution is indeed managing these processes effectively. They are also recognizing an enhanced scrutiny on how internal reports can accelerate Quality Improvement in a continuous manner.

 

Among most healthcare systems, this simple fact has elevated the hospital’s clinical data management function to a new level of importance, as improving health care quality reporting is now both a strategic and competitive issue. The value of precise clinical data management will be recognized as an important key financial metric and

will take its place on executive dashboards.

Is your hospital among the leaders in this area? If not, or if you simply aren’t sure, an evaluation of your strategic clinical outcomes reporting can help.

Our objective Clinical Data Management Assessment of your organization will help you determine:

  • If you are employing the optimal tools and processes for precise clinical data management;
  • If you are proactively utilizing your clinical data to its greatest advantage—clinically, strategically and financially;
  • Where bottlenecks are in your data stream;
  • Whether you are utilizing current technology to its utmost potential;
  • The efficiency of your data management staffing model;
  • Whether there are gaps in your data collection, management and reporting continuum;
  • Whether increased reimbursement opportunities exist.

HeartWorks will:

  1. Assess the adequacies of each facet of your data management process, from collection to aggregation, to reporting, including staffing, technology, reporting requirements and capabilities and timeliness.
  2. Review your data management function not only as it relates to the timely, proactive utilization of your data, but also the functionality of your data regarding quality improvement, reimbursement and reporting to both internal and external entities, including ACC, STS, CMS, Core Measures, State Reporting and local initiatives.
  3. You will receive a flow map of your data management process, identifying areas that are running smoothly, as well as areas where improvement is warranted.
  4. You will also be provided a detailed "gap" analysis, delineating areas where improvement is deemed necessary or where efficiencies can be gained, along with an objective opinion of the "root causes" of any inefficiencies.

The Strategic Clinical Outcomes Reporting Evaluation (SCORE) follows a methodical path: and, in the final analysis, will determine whether limitations in your public reportable data are a clinical issue or a process issue, which is key to moving forward on improvement.