A large leading healthcare system, owns 13 hospitals.
As the administrative fellow there, you are asked by the Chief Quality Officer to comment on the following findings that relate to pneumonia hospitalizations. The CQO assembled data for this exercise from 1,700 pneumonia discharges, from all 13 hospitals in 1995-1996. The data set is essentially all IHC cases (1,500) with an admitting diagnosis of pneumonia (called Community Acquired Pneumonia, or CAP). These data represents cost per case.
The CQO says, “The data make a good exercise in evidence-based medicine and management. Suppose these data were current (2020-2021), and we planned to assemble a PIT of family practice and general internal medicine physicians, nurses, and others from all the hospitals to study pneumonia care."
What are key take aways from reviewing these data?
As per the CQO's comment, suppose these data were current and considering the CMS initiatives in public health, outline initiatives necessary to reduce occurances and improve outcomes.
What tools or resources are necessary for all hospitals in the system to achieve a standard performance?