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May 9, 2008

Transparency: Living in Glass Hospitals - Voices of Experience Three-Part Series

It is very challenging for most hospitals these days to keep current with the rapidly changing performance measurements and public reporting at national, state, and local levels. As the performance measurements now encompass many areas within a hospital setting and require a team approach to managing and improving performance, IHA is providing this Three-Part Educational series to encourage team attendance and also urge hospitals to consider inviting their board members that chair or are involved in the quality committee of their board.

This Three part series is designed to coincide with various public reporting requirements and dissemination at national and state levels. Each of the sessions will be 3 hours and will be available via televideo conference locations at IHA offices in Naperville and Springfield; Mercer County Hospital in Aledo; and Pinckneyville Hospital in Pinckneyville. IHA will also have well known speakers that can address some of the issues Illinois hospitals will experience and can prepare for with the public reporting developments.

Transparency – Living In Glass Hospitals Series

May 30 – Topics for Discussion focus on public information now and in near future, public relations tips on explaining information and results to the public and your community, and advantages of conducting an accountability audit and engaging physicians, clinicians, and boards in discussion
  • Hospital Quality Alliance and Next Steps
  • Illinois Report Results – Hospital Specific and Comparative Information from COMPdata will be prepared for each participating hospital
  • Health literacy – how to communicate hospital results to the public and community in terms that they can understand
  • Importance of conducting an accountability audit given the increasing availability of hospital specific information provided by government and commercial organizations

    • July 23 – Topics will focus on preparing for the first release of nurse staff information, SCIP infection results, and MRSA and C-Diff public reports. Providers from states in which nurse staff ratios and infection information are public will provide insight into the public reaction and tips on how best to prepare your hospital for internal and public inquiries and the media. Hospitals will be provided with their own hospital specific reports on nurse staff information and MRSA and C-Diff infections.
  • Hospital results using new Present on Admission Codes
  • Understanding variations using new race and ethnicity information
  • Interpretation of nurse staff ratios and infection information

    • October 15 – Topics will focus on Medicare’s inpatient and outpatient expanded public reporting requirements, value based exchanges, and the value based purchasing plan to become effective October 1, 2008. There will also be presentations and COMPdata reports provided on healthcare acquired payment reduction targeted areas using hospital data and the Present on Admission code results. Outside speakers will include a value exchange designated organization and local health plans to discuss their future payment incentive initiatives.

  • IDPH Consumer Guide Developments
  • National Value Based Purchasing Plan and Hospital Performance
  • Hospital Acquired Conditions with hospital specific analysis provided
  • Planning for Federal Fiscal Year 2010 with significant expanded national public reporting using administrative and clinical information.
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    Registration and Fees
    In order to encourage team attendance, pricing of this series has been made affordable for all hospitals. Pending the topic area and knowing that not all topics are relevant to all staff, hospitals can switch in and out different team members to attend each of the sessions.

    Each of the programs in this series will be half day morning sessions and will be broadcast via televideo conference to multiple sites. Refreshments will be provided at each site along with meeting materials and reports. Registration fees for the entire three program series are $90 for 1 attendee, $75 for each additional participant. To register, please click here.