Data Review Meeting (December 2014 data) – Inpatient, Outpatient, ED, Sub-acute 23&24 April

Thursday 23 April 2015

8.30 – 9.00

Registration for New Users

9.00 – 10.30

Session 1: OPTIONAL Introductory Tutorial for New Users.  In this interactive session the team will answer your questions and introduce The Health Roundtable: terminology, methods, reports and improvement groups, such as: 

• What is benchmarking for innovation?
• Why and how is the data risk-adjusted?
• What information is in the core and optional reports?
• How can reports be used to improve patient care?

10:30 – 11.00

Registration

10:30 – 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00 – 11.30

Welcome and Introductions

11.30 – 12.10

Session 2: Using Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Reports to Improve Safety & Quality

We will review the KPI reports to highlight where these link to the Australian National Standards. The team will demonstrate ways to use these reports to monitor your safety and quality results.

12.10 – 12.30

Small Group Discussion:  Review your own Key Indicator reports and discuss results with your peer hospitals.  Provide feedback on ways to improve the reports.

12.30 – 1.30

Lunch

1.30 – 2.10

Session 3: Using Mortality Reports to Review Clinical Performance

In this session, we will review the suite of hospital-wide and departmental mortality reports and demonstrate ways to use them routinely in your M&M reviews.

2.10 – 2.30

Small Group Discussion:  Review your own mortality reports with your peers to identify improvement opportunities, and provide improvement suggestions.

2.30 – 3.00

Afternoon Tea

3.00 – 3.40

Session 4: Using Emergency Reports to Identify Improvement Opportunities

Our updated Emergency Reports highlight key “breaches” in meeting your targets by Urgency Related Group and Diagnosis to help you target improvement initiatives. 

3.40 – 4.00

Small Group Discussion: 

Review your own ED reports with your peers, to identify improvement opportunities and provide improvement suggestions.

6.30

Optional Group Dinner

Italian Village - Waterfront at Circular Quay

If you would like to walk with a group meet at 6.15 in the Jamison Amora foyer

Friday 24 April 2015

9.00 – 9.30

Recap Day 1

9.30 – 10.10

For Australian Participants

Update on Activity Based Funding for 2015/16

James Downie, Executive Director ABF, The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA)

Updates on pricing and performance measures for 2015/16  for Emergency Care, Acute Inpatient Care, Subacute Care, Ambulatory Care  and Mental Health

For NZ Participants:

Optional Break out session on Developing Health Roundtable reports specific to NZ Needs

10:10 – 10:30

Questions for James Downie:  How are the IHPA changes going to affect your organisation? 

10.30 – 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00 – 11.40

Session 5: Using Inpatient Briefings to Improve Operational Performance

In this session, we will review how to use Inpatient DRG and Departmental Reports to focus on key opportunities to improve the patient experience.  We will also demonstrate how to use our online system (AORTA) to generate your own reports.

11:40 – 12.00

Small Group Discussion:  Review your own reports with your peers to identify improvement opportunities and provide improvement suggestions.

12.00 – 1.00

Lunch

1.00 – 2.00

Session 6: Tools to Improve Performance

The Health Roundtable has developed several additional tools to help you analyse performance.  In this session, we will demonstrate two of these tools quickly, and then provide time for you to use one of the tools in separate breakout sessions:

-          A-HED Online system to evaluate and compare performance

-          CARE Cost & Revenue system to understand your financial performance

2.00 – 2:45

Grab a cuppa and join the small group sessions to gain experience with one of the additional tools

2.45

Meeting Closes