Quality Data Model

This prize is for operators who can show they have measured quality accurately and well and have used this data to effect change internally in the behaviour of staff leading to better outcomes at lower costs or higher volumes.

 

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2017: Using real-time data collection to enhance care and value

When Schoen Clinic started to measure outcomes, all hospitals had their own clinical information systems and forms which were usually documented at the end of the treatment process before discharge. This was a time-consuming process, and the date collected lacked comparability. Therefore, Schoen Clinic developed CompCard, a system that collects data in real-time.
July 6, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Value-driven outcomes tool that increases quality and cuts cost

In 2012, University of Utah Health introduced its Value Driven Outcomes (VDO) tool in both inpatient and ambulatory care, which has resulted in increased quality outcomes and more than $2.5m in cost savings. Providers can engage with the VDO tool to compare themselves to their peers and to identify standard care pathways and supplies that lower the cost of care while providing the best possible outcomes. The tool has been applied to sepsis, total joint replacement and laboratory services leading to improvements in outcomes and reductions in costs. The judges were impressed by the sophistication of the Utah offering. .
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Programme that minimises radiation doses for CT scans

CT scans, particularly in emergency settings, can generate high doses of radiation. Affidea has rolled out a programme across its 235 centres in 16 countries which prescribes levels for 72 different CT scans. This is based on its database of 75,000 examinations a month. This has led to Affidea creating 105 unified protocols to standardize operating procedures for CT scans. This program is key to Affidea’s strategy for winning international tenders.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: New clinical governance and quality framework cuts readmissions and medical errors

New Mowasat Hospital in Kuwait has created a Clinical Governance and Quality Framework to integrate all processes and activities which impact patient care into one strategy. Only in place since March 2017, it has already achieved improved outcomes in multiple areas. Select improvements include reducing unplanned admission after day surgery from 4% to beneath 2%. It has also successfully reduced medication errors in its pharmacy from 1.2 to less than 0.75%. A family-run, 100 bed hospital in Kuwait, the hospital had 2017 revenue of $75m.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Optimising nursing workload and staff allocation

ISMETT is an organ transplant centre developed in partnership between the Region of Sicily, the Civico and Cervello Hospitals in Palermo and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In 2013 it developed a Nursing Care Score system, built into the electronic health record to optimise nursing workload and staff allocation. The system takes 53 nursing work tasks and assigns them a score. This is then used to determine the nurse to patient ratio and the nurse’s tasks related to each patient. The outcomes have had a positive impact on nurse job satisfaction and the frequency of adverse events.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Real time patient data monitoring for dialysis patients

In the majority of dialysis centres in India, patient data is recorded on paper and manually managed. To change this, NephroPlus, the largest dialysis network in India, has created a platform to monitor and maintain patient data digitally. In select centres, it has deployed real-time data which allows the clinical staff to monitor patient data remotely. This data has captured information on the Indian population which can be applied to further clinical research and awareness of nephrology. Its platform has allowed NephroPlus to generate automated recommendations and understand micro and macro trends which can influence its quality and decision making going forward.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Quality control methodology for dentistry in India

India's challenges in dental care include a lack of infrastructure, poor quality treatment and little or no follow-up care. To tackle these three areas, Clove, the largest dentistry network, has created a quality management methodology. To help improve treatment quality, Clove applies an anonymous peer review process for around 40% of the treatments in its clinics, this equates to 5,000 a month on average. For post-treatment care, its system divides the life cycle of each patient into stages which are tracked and monitored. Some outcomes from these processes include a 92% success rate in root canals, compared to an 84% world average and a dental filling success rate at 97%.
June 26, 2018

Kry: The Business Model

Here we look at the business model deployed by Kry, which together with Medgate and babylon, is one of Europe’s largest player in the delivery of digital healthcare. The Swedish company claims 2% of all doctor primary care visits in Sweden (350,000 since launch) and has since spring 2017 opened in Spain and Norway with a series of other openings planned in 2018 and pilot permission in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg.  So what does it offer, who pays and how does it see the policymaker and legal debate around digital health rolling out across Europe?
May 21, 2018

Allied Healthcare strikes deal with creditors

UK domiciliary care group Allied Healthcare has struck an agreement with its creditors, allowing it to continue operating after serious short-term cashflow problems caused by wage hikes, compulsory back pay and delays in passing all this on to local authorities.
May 17, 2018

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