312.620.11
Performance Measurement in Health Care
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Thursday, June 14, 2018
End Date
Friday, June 15, 2018
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Focuses on performance measurement for hospitals and describes key aspects and challenges of measurement initiatives in the current context of health care reform in general, and payment reform more specifically. The faculty, all senior health care professionals from the trenches, describe the regulatory environment, and Joint Commission and CMS requirements. They also summarize key measures used for public reporting and payment such as chart-abstracted clinical process, administrative data based outcomes, satisfaction, and efficiency. Highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each type of measure and discusses appropriate use of analytics and comparison data including patient satisfaction. Covers current public reporting and pay for performance initiatives and associated challenges. Another topic is emerging initiatives in the context of the electronic medical records, such as e-measures and meaningful use.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the evolution of performance measurement for hospitals and operational challenges for hospitals
- Describe data analysis, composite scores, and benchmarking
- Identify the components of payment reform including value-based Purchasing, readmissions, and hospital-acquired conditions
- Evaluate satisfaction measurement and improvement
- Review the changes of performance measurement in the context of EHR
- Analyze the challenges of public reporting of quality measures for hospitals
Enrollment Restriction
Graduate students only
This course will be offered for 2 days in the HPM Summer Institute. Students are required to complete readings prior to the start of the course. The final assignments will be due no later than August 2, 2019.