Mayo Clinic Key In To Quality

Quality, IT and the EHR: a Collaboration Trifecta

Episode Summary

Host:     Timothy Morgenthaler, MD  @DrTimMorg Guests:    Tara Olson, Quality Data and Analytics Manager, Mayo Clinic   (32) Tara Olson | LinkedIn Jennifer Allen, IT Lead Analyst Programmer, Mayo Clinic          (34) Jennifer Allen | LinkedIn A typical hospital in the United States has hundreds of inpatient measures to capture and report out of their electronic health record (EHR) to validate their clinical quality. The ability to spot trends and report accurately, however, relies on effective and efficient input of data into the EHR by the care team. But it takes time and may compete with other priorities in patient care. In fact, one study found that an average of 12.5 hours of physician and staff time is spent per week entering information into the medical record. So how can hospitals adopt more efficient processes to this necessary task? Mayo Clinic, seeing the inefficiency and wastefulness of some of its processes, went on a journey to adopt a leaner, more efficient process to obtain and report quality measurement data more effectively. Find out more about Mayo Clinic’s Quality program at https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/quality/. Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook using #mayokeyintoquality or at: https://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic https://twitter.com/MayoClinic  

Episode Notes

Host:     Timothy Morgenthaler, MD  @DrTimMorg

Guests:   

Tara Olson, Quality Data and Analytics Manager, Mayo Clinic   (32) Tara Olson | LinkedIn

Jennifer Allen, IT Lead Analyst Programmer, Mayo Clinic          (34) Jennifer Allen | LinkedIn

A typical hospital in the United States has hundreds of inpatient measures to capture and report out of their electronic health record (EHR) to validate their clinical quality. The ability to spot trends and report accurately, however, relies on effective and efficient input of data into the EHR by the care team. But it takes time and may compete with other priorities in patient care. In fact, one study found that an average of 12.5 hours of physician and staff time is spent per week entering information into the medical record. So how can hospitals adopt more efficient processes to this necessary task?

Mayo Clinic, seeing the inefficiency and wastefulness of some of its processes, went on a journey to adopt a leaner, more efficient process to obtain and report quality measurement data more effectively.

Find out more about Mayo Clinic’s Quality program at https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/quality/.

Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook using #mayokeyintoquality or at:

https://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic

https://twitter.com/MayoClinic