What We Do For Hospitals
Today, the average hospital engages one clinical full time employee per 100 beds to extract TJC core measure data manually from paper medical records. The very same data necessary to fulfill these requirements are collected within the hospital clinical information system.
IHM data products:
- Extract data electronically directly from the HCIS system for quality of care analysis and reporting
- Require no software installation
- Require no manual data input
- Provide a Web-based interface for reporting
IHM data products are actionable:
- Highlighted problem areas
- Drill-down reports to identify trends and drivers
- Advanced analytics to validate insights and conclusions
- Concurrent benchmarks and data reported on a monthly basis
Our health metrics tools are efficient, replacing the manual collection of data. And they are timely, supplying the data crucial to supporting change in real time.
The Institute for Health Metrics produces the following data products for its member hospitals:
- Automated Indicator Extraction System™ ("AIES™")
- Physician Quality Management System™ ("PQMS™")
- Infection Alert™ ("IA™")
- Quality Alert™ ("QA™")
- Meaningful Use Solution
Why Hospitals Participate
IHM understands the issues facing all hospitals which boil down to: do more with less. Therefore, hospital participation requires no effort from the hospital IT staff, reduces QI staff chart review, and enables more efficient quality review.
The Institute for Health Metrics is, above all else, a collaborative endeavor. Our value depends upon our relationships with hospitals around the country. In addition to fostering groundbreaking research, hospital partners have access to clinical protocols, performance reporting, specific benchmarks and standardized quality reports tailored to meet TJC requirements.
By working with Institute for Health Metrics, hospitals are able to:
- Compare their care processes against other hospitals.
- Study a detailed roadmap of superior performers' pattern of care and reap the benefit of lessons learned.
- Compare internal care processes over time in order to assess the effectiveness of operational improvements.
Currently a variety of organizations are working toward improving health care quality, including The Joint Commission, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to name just a few. These organizations have contributed significantly to the development and reporting of quality based metrics. A key limiting factor, however, has been the lack of high-quality data upon which to base these analyses. The Institute for Health Metrics enables hospitals to access high quality electronic data that is timely and actionable.
Hospitals operate under significant resource constraints. Participation with the Institute for Health Metrics requires no internal hospital resources on an ongoing basis. IHM reports are disseminated to member hospitals can contribute significantly to the overall efficiency, quality and safety of hospital operations.