Performance Measurement in the New Healthcare Environment:  Accountability Measures

Premier Date:
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - LIVE




Additional Airdates
(all times Eastern)
Fri, Jun 3, 2011:  10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Tue, Jun 28, 2011:  1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Wed, Jul 6, 2011:  12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Thu, Jul 21, 2011:  3:00 PM to 4:00 PM




Joint Commission Resources Quality and Safety Network
Program Description
In order to help hospitals prepare for performance measurement in the new healthcare environment, The Joint Commission categorized its performance measures into accountability and non-accountability measures. This approach places more emphasis on an organization’s performance on accountability measures – quality measures that meet four criteria designed to identify measures that produce the greatest positive impact on patient outcomes when hospitals demonstrate improvement.

The Joint Commission is creating programs to assist hospitals to improve on these measures, including the development of a new database to share improvement interventions, as well as enhanced information on the evidence demonstrating that improved performance leads to better health outcomes for patients.

During this 60-minute live activity, expert faculty discuss in detail these quality measures.

Target Audience
This activity is relevant to those responsible for the prevention and control of infections, including managers and supervisors, along with training, infection control, patient safety, and quality improvement professionals.

Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to:
  • Identify how The Joint Commission is creating programs to assist hospitals to improve on these accountability measures.
  • Describe the four criteria designed to identify measures that produce the greatest positive impact on patient outcomes.
  • Discuss how accountability measures will be integrated into the PFP and S3 Performance Risk Assessment.

Presenters

Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation
The Joint Commission

Dr. Loeb is an employee of The Joint Commission.

Sharon L. Sprenger, MPA, RHIA, CPHQ
Senior Advisor, Measurement Outreach
Division of Quality Measurement and Research

Ms. Sprenger is an employee of The Joint Commission.

Yosef D. Dlugacz, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief of Clinical Quality, Education and Research
Krasnoff Quality Management Institute, a division of North Shore-LIJ Health System

Dr. Dlugacz has nothing to disclose.

Catherine M. Besthoff, R.N., MHA, CPHQ
Director, Program Evaluation
Krasnoff Quality Management Institute, a division of North Shore-LIJ Health System

Ms. Besthof has nothing to disclose.

Accreditation Information:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
The Joint Commission Resources is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Joint Commission Resources designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation
Joint Commission Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Joint Commission Resources designates this continuing nursing education activity for 1 contact hour. Accreditation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation refers to recognition of educational activities and does not imply approval or endorsement of any product.

National Association for Healthcare Quality
This activity has been approved by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) for 1.0 Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) CE credits.

American College of Healthcare Executives
Joint Commission Resources is authorized to award 1 hour of pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should list their attendance when applying for advancement or recertification in ACHE.

Full attendance at every session is a prerequisite for receiving full continuing education credits. If a participant needs to leave early, their continuing education credits will need to be reduced.


Successful completion of this CE activity includes the following:

  • View the presentation and read the accompanying Resource Guide.
  • Complete the online Evaluation Form and Post Test.
  • A CE certificate/statement of credit can be printed online following successful completion of the Post Test and the Evaluation Form.

Available via Satellite and Online!
To learn more, please contact Customer Service at support@jcrqsn.com or call 1-888-219-4678.


The JCRQSN program is a monthly series of video conference training sessions produced by
Joint Commission Resources  (JCR) in partnership with The Wellness Network.  The Wellness Network is
the distributor of the series and has no influence on the content. 

To learn more, please contact Customer Service at info@jcrqsn.com or call 1-888-219-4678.

We Want to Hear from You!  Join our discussion on Facebook! Go to our Facebook page and click on "Discussions." How does your organization currently collect data related to The Joint Commission's Accountability Measures?  Do you anticipate that changing when the Accountability Measures are surveyed?  Do you currently use them in Performance Improvement activities?"