Clinical Data Services The eQUIP Platform for Healthcare Quality

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Clinical Data ServicesThe eQUIP Platform for
Healthcare Quality Safety

• Tom Ricciardi PhD
• November 6, 2009

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History of Work Related to EQUIP

• Planning assistance during the grant process
  budgets, systems, services needed
• Provider of software implementation expertise
  for EMR
• Data Warehousing planning early stage
  implementation

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Centricity Physician Office

• Electronic Medical Record
• Over 1000 installations
• 20,000 clinicians
• 30 million patient records
• 49 states
• Mid-large size group practices
• Majority PCPs
• 85 FP, IM, Ob/Gyn/Peds
• Niche specialties also

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GE Clinical Data Services
Quality Improvement Outcomes Research

• Data Warehousing

Clinical Informatics
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GE Contributions to EQUIP

• Defining quality measures translating from
  clinical to technical specifications
• Creating reports in development/test systems
• Building data warehouse infrastructure
• User roles access rights for data warehouse
• Coordination project management between ACCHS,
  AMA, GE

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Summary of Challenges

• Quality measurement hasnt been done on a wide
  scale using ambulatory EMR
• Working across one HUGE organization, one large
  organization, and one small organization to
  coordinate activities
• Timelines resources

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Alliance of Chicago Best Practices

• Defining metrics of success in the beginning
• Planning ahead for data requirements
• Data Capture with EMR
• Population Reporting
• Leveraging shared infrastructure common goals
• ASP EMR
• Data warehouse MQIC consortium
• Diligent project management
• Committed talented people on the team ?

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Future Work

• Completion of reports, testing
• Data warehouse infrastructure
• Parallel implementation with EMR