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The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures
and Three Measurement Essentials
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Healthcare Outcome Measurement Essentials
The healthcare industry is riddled with
administrative and regulatory complexities
that make it difficult for health systems to
achieve the Triple–or better yet, the
Quadruple–Aim of healthcare.
The complexities found in outcomes
improvement are particularly challenging,
as health systems measure and report on
hundreds of these outcomes annually.
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Healthcare Outcome Measurement Essentials
Health systems can manage these complexities by taking a
closer look at outcome measures—understanding their
definitions and nuances, reviewing real-world examples,
and integrating three essentials for successful
outcomes measurement.
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Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important
The goal of measuring, reporting, and
comparing healthcare outcomes is to
achieve the Quadruple Aim of healthcare:
1. Improve the patient experience of care.
2. Improve the health of populations.
3. Reduce the per capita cost of healthcare.
4. Reduce clinician and staff burnout.
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Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important
The organization behind the Triple Aim—the
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)—
is dedicated to outcomes improvement.
IHI describes measurement as:
…a critical part of testing and implementing
changes. Measures tell a team whether the
changes they are making actually lead to
improvement.”
The fourth aim may vary depending
on the organization.
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Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important
Healthcare organizations–motivated by the Quadruple
Aim–measure outcomes for several reasons:
Reveal areas in which interventions could
improve care.
Identify variations of care.
Provide evidence about interventions that
work best for certain types of patients under
certain circumstances.
Compare the effectiveness of various
treatments and procedures.
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Outcome Measures Defined
The World Health Organization defines an
outcome measure as a:
…change in the health of an individual, group
of people, or population that is attributable to
an intervention or series of interventions.”
Outcome measures (mortality, readmission,
patient experience, etc.) are the quality and
cost targets healthcare organizations are
trying to improve.
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Outcome Measures Defined
Outcome measures are frequently reported to
the government, commercial payers, and
organizations that report on quality, such as
The LeapFrog Group—a national nonprofit
that evaluates and reports U.S. hospital
safety and quality performance.
LeapFrog’s work centers on:
…increasing transparency among health care
providers in order to reduce the estimated
440,000 annual deaths from hospital errors,
accidents, and injuries.”
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Outcome Measures Are Driven by National
Standards and Financial Incentives
Outcome measures are primarily defined and
prioritized by national organizations, including
CMS, The Joint Commission, and the National
Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).
Health systems target outcome measures
based on state and federal government
mandates, accreditation requirements,
and financial incentives.
Although healthcare outcomes and targets
are defined at the national level, health
systems might set more aggressive targets.
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Outcome Measures Are Driven by National
Standards and Financial Incentives
Reporting and accreditation entities
have processes in place to normalize
outcomes data to account for context,
which is key when it comes to reporting.
It’s easy to take data out of context.
Using fall rates as an example, if a
small, 10-bed hospital sees 10 patients
in one month and one patient falls, then
their fall rate is high (10 percent).
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Outcome Measures Are Driven by National
Standards and Financial Incentives
The Joint Commission is a regulatory body
that accredits health systems and has
national standards for quality measures
that are:
…developed with input from healthcare
professionals, providers, subject matter
experts, consumers, government agencies
(including CMS) and employers.”
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Outcome Measures Are Driven by National
Standards and Financial Incentives
New standards must meet the following strict requirements:
Relate to patient safety or quality of care.
Positively impact healthcare outcomes.
Meet or surpass law and regulation.
Can be accurately and readily measured.
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Outcome Measures Are Driven by National
Standards and Financial Incentives
CMS uses outcome measures to calculate overall
hospital quality. In a 2018 report, CMS explained
how it arrived at its 2018 hospital star ratings.
CMS grouped outcome measures into seven
categories weighted by importance:
1. Mortality (22 percent)
2. Safety of care (22 percent)
3. Readmissions (22 percent)
4. Patient experience (22 percent)
5. Effectiveness of care (4 percent)
6. Timeliness of care (4 percent)
7. Efficient use of medical imaging (4 percent)
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
There are hundreds of outcome measures,
ranging from changes in blood pressure in
patients with hypertension to patient-reported
outcome measures (PROMs).
The seven groupings of outcome measures
CMS uses to calculate hospital quality are
some of the most common in healthcare.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#1: Mortality
Mortality is an essential population health
outcome measure.
For example, Piedmont Healthcare’s
evidence-based care standardization
for pneumonia patients, resulted in
a 56.5 percent relative reduction in
the pneumonia mortality rate.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#2: Safety of Care
Safety of care outcome measures pertain to
medical mistakes. Skin breakdown and
hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are
common safety of care outcome measures:
Skin breakdown—happens when pressure
decreases blood flow to the skin. A skin
assessment tool can be used to reduce skin
breakdown.
Patients with skin breakdown are at a higher
risk of infection. Patients’ risk scores go up if
they’re diabetic, for example, because their
circulation is poor.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#2: Safety of Care
Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI)—caused
by viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens.
For example, Texas Children’s Hospital
identified evidence-based bundles to reduce
HAIs in children through their partnership with
the Solutions for Patient Safety National
Children’s Network.
Using an enterprise data warehouse (EDW)
and analytics applications to identify vulnerable
patients and monitor clinicians’ compliance
with best practice bundles, Texas Children’s
Hospital decreased HAIs by 35 percent.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#3: Readmissions
Readmission following hospitalization is a common
outcome measure. Readmission is costly (and
often preventable).
In fact, researchers estimate that in one year, $25
to $45 billion is spent on avoidable complications
and unnecessary hospital readmissions.
After increasing efforts to reduce their hospital
readmission rate, the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB) saw a 14.5 percent relative
reduction in their 30-day all-cause readmission
rate, resulting in $1.9 million in cost avoidance.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#4: Patient Experience
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) fall within
the patient experience outcome measure category.
According to the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI):
…assess the patient’s experience and perception
of their healthcare. This information can provide
a more realistic gauge of patient satisfaction as
well as real-time information for local service
improvement and to enable a more rapid
response to identified issues.”
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#4: Patient Experience
Patient experience may also be used as a
balance metric for improvement work.
For example, a care delivery process may
decrease the LOS, which can be a positive
outcome, but result in a decreased patient
satisfaction score if patients instead feel
they are being pushed out.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#5: Effectiveness of Care
Effectiveness of care outcome measures
evaluate two things:
1. Compliance with best practice care guidelines.
2. Achieved outcomes (e.g., lower readmission
rates for heart failure patients).
Given the rapid changes that occur within
healthcare, making sure best practice care
guidelines are current is critical for achieving
the best care outcomes.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#5: Effectiveness of Care
Failing to adhere to evidence-based care
guidelines can have negative consequences
for patients.
For example, according to The Dartmouth
Atlas of Healthcare:
…even though it is well established that beta-
blockers can reduce the risk of heart attack in
patients who have already had one heart
attack, many heart attack patients are never
prescribed beta-blockers.”
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#6: Timeliness of Care
Timeliness of care outcome measures assess
patient access to care.
Overcrowding in the emergency department
has been associated with increased inpatient
mortality, increased length of stay, and
increased costs for admitted patients.
A community hospital system implemented an
improvement process to address overcrowding
in its ED after determining that approximately
4,000 patients were leaving its ED each year
without being seen.
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#6: Timeliness of Care
They leveraged their analytics platform to develop
an ED analytics application that provided actionable,
timely ED performance data to focus improvement
efforts on four areas:
Staffing patterns
Registration
Triage assessment by the registered nurse
Early access to a qualified medical provider
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#7: Efficient Use of Medical Imaging
The efficient use of medical imaging is an
increasingly important outcome measure.
According to the European Science Foundation:
Medical imaging plays a central role in the
global healthcare system as it contributes to
improved patient outcome and more cost-
efficient healthcare in all major disease entities.”
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Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained
#7: Efficient Use of Medical Imaging
For example, during Texas Children’s Hospital’s efforts
to improve asthma care it discovered a high volume of
chest X-rays being administered to asthma patients.
Using its EDW to examine real-time X-ray data, it
realized clinicians were ordering chest X-rays for 65
percent of their asthma patients—evidence-based
practice calls for X-rays in only five percent of cases.
Texas Children’s Hospital’s IT team traced the problem
to a faulty order set within the hospital’s EHR, and
rewrote the order set to reflect the evidence-based
best practice.
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Process Measures Are Equally Important
Achieving outcomes is important, but the process
by which health systems achieve outcomes is
equally important. Process measures capture
provider productivity and adherence to standards of
recommended care.
For example, if a health system wants to reduce
the incidence of skin breakdown, then it might
implement the process measure of performing a
risk assessment using the Barden Scale for
reducing pressure ulcer risk in all the
appropriate units in the hospital.
If health systems are too focused on an
outcome, then they lose sight of the process.
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Process Measures Are Equally Important
The following outcome and process measures illustrate how systems can
improve healthcare outcomes by improving processes:
Conducting a medication reconciliation system check with heart failure
patients at the time of discharge (process measure) can reduce heart
failure readmission rates (outcome measure).
Performing a fall risk assessment on a patient at the time of admission
(process measure) can reduce fall rates (outcome measure).
Using a skin assessment tool (process measure) can prevent skin
breakdown (outcome measure).
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
Among every health system’s goals is to improve
patient outcomes.
But outcomes improvement can’t happen without
effective outcomes measurement.
As health systems work diligently to achieve the
Quadruple Aim, they need to prioritize three
outcomes measurement essentials:
Transparency
Integrated care
Interoperability
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
Used in tandem, these essentials improve
and sustain outcomes measurement efforts
by creating a data-driven culture that
embraces the three essentials.
The process treats the whole patient and
improves critical care transitions, and
interoperable systems that enable the
seamless exchange of outcomes
measurement data between clinicians,
departments, and hospitals.
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
#1: Data Transparency
Healthcare is on a journey to outcomes
transparency. Patients rely on outcomes data to
make educated decisions about their healthcare.
Quality reporting organizations, such as The
LeapFrog Group, evaluate and report on U.S.
hospital safety and quality performance.
Patients want reassurance that they’re
receiving the best care for the lowest cost.
Publicly reported healthcare outcomes
help do just that.
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
#2: Integrated Care and Transitions of Care
The industry is also shifting toward integrated
care—hospitals aren’t just treating a hip
anymore; they’re treating the whole person.
A key component of integrated care is helping
patients with transitions: easing patient
transitions from the ER, to surgery, to
inpatient care, to rehab, and, ultimately,
back to a steady, normal state.
Transitional points of care are critical for
managing consistency of care and
providing the right care in the right
setting at the lowest cost.
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
#3: Data Interoperability
Sharing data between departments
within an integrated system is another
important component.
Outcomes measurement and
improvement depends on the system’s
ability to share data across clinicians,
labs, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and
other staff, departments, and settings.
EDWs improve interoperability by
integrating data and providing a
single source of truth.
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Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare
Outcomes Measurement
#3: Data Interoperability
Improving critical care transitions through
integrated care and seamlessly exchanging
data through interoperability are essential
ingredients for better outcomes
measurement.
For example, as heart failure patients
are discharged (depending on the risk
stratification), it’s critical for them to see
a cardiologist or primary care physician
as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, they have a higher risk of
being readmitted.
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The Quadruple Aim:
The Goal of Outcomes Measurement
Outcomes measurement should always tie
back to the Quadruple Aim, so healthcare
organizations aren’t just reporting numbers.
Health systems shouldn’t become so
obsessed with numbers that they forget
their Quadruple Aim goal.
Instead, they should focus on quality
and improving the care experience
at the most efficient cost.
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The Quadruple Aim:
The Goal of Outcomes Measurement
Health systems measure outcomes to
ensure they are delivering the best care
for patients and providing a transparent,
efficient, and accessible environment for
all healthcare providers.
That is outcomes nirvana.
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For more information:
“This book is a fantastic piece of work”
– Robert Lindeman MD, FAAP, Chief Physician Quality Officer
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More about this topic
Link to original article for a more in-depth discussion.
The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures and Three Measurement Essentials
Improving Patient-Reported Outcomes
Caleb Stowell; Sara Sprinkhuizen
The Top Six Early Detection and Action Must-Haves for Improving Outcomes
Kirstin Scott; Tracy Vayo
The Top Success Factors for Making the Switch to Outcomes-Based Healthcare
Bryan Oshiro, MD
7 Features of Highly Effective Outcomes Improvement Projects
Brant Avondet
6 Steps for Implementing Successful Performance Improvement Initiatives in Healthcare
Bobbi Brown, MBA, SVP; Leslie Hough Falk, SVP
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Other Clinical Quality Improvement Resources
Click to read additional information at www.healthcatalyst.com
Ann Tinker joined Health Catalyst in June of 2012 as a Vice President for Customer
Engagements. Prior to coming to Health Catalyst, she worked for GE Healthcare IT on the
GE/Intermountain Healthcare partnership product called Qualibria as a Product Manager
and Customer liaison. Ann worked PRN (on-call) for LDS Hospital in the Post Anesthesia
Care Unit (PACU) as a staff RN for the past 6+ years.
Before GE Ann was employed at 3M HIS business based in Salt Lake City working in a variety of
positions from sales support, implementation, development, marketing and product management for
both US and International products and prior to then worked for Intermountain Healthcare for 10+
years in Critical Care and Nursing Administration. Ann has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from
Brigham Young University and a Masters from University of Washington.
Ann Tinker, MSN, RN

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The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures and Three Measurement Essentials

  • 1. The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures and Three Measurement Essentials
  • 2. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Healthcare Outcome Measurement Essentials The healthcare industry is riddled with administrative and regulatory complexities that make it difficult for health systems to achieve the Triple–or better yet, the Quadruple–Aim of healthcare. The complexities found in outcomes improvement are particularly challenging, as health systems measure and report on hundreds of these outcomes annually.
  • 3. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Healthcare Outcome Measurement Essentials Health systems can manage these complexities by taking a closer look at outcome measures—understanding their definitions and nuances, reviewing real-world examples, and integrating three essentials for successful outcomes measurement.
  • 4. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important The goal of measuring, reporting, and comparing healthcare outcomes is to achieve the Quadruple Aim of healthcare: 1. Improve the patient experience of care. 2. Improve the health of populations. 3. Reduce the per capita cost of healthcare. 4. Reduce clinician and staff burnout.
  • 5. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important The organization behind the Triple Aim—the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)— is dedicated to outcomes improvement. IHI describes measurement as: …a critical part of testing and implementing changes. Measures tell a team whether the changes they are making actually lead to improvement.” The fourth aim may vary depending on the organization.
  • 6. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Why Measuring Healthcare Outcomes Is Important Healthcare organizations–motivated by the Quadruple Aim–measure outcomes for several reasons: Reveal areas in which interventions could improve care. Identify variations of care. Provide evidence about interventions that work best for certain types of patients under certain circumstances. Compare the effectiveness of various treatments and procedures. > > > >
  • 7. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Defined The World Health Organization defines an outcome measure as a: …change in the health of an individual, group of people, or population that is attributable to an intervention or series of interventions.” Outcome measures (mortality, readmission, patient experience, etc.) are the quality and cost targets healthcare organizations are trying to improve.
  • 8. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Defined Outcome measures are frequently reported to the government, commercial payers, and organizations that report on quality, such as The LeapFrog Group—a national nonprofit that evaluates and reports U.S. hospital safety and quality performance. LeapFrog’s work centers on: …increasing transparency among health care providers in order to reduce the estimated 440,000 annual deaths from hospital errors, accidents, and injuries.”
  • 9. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Are Driven by National Standards and Financial Incentives Outcome measures are primarily defined and prioritized by national organizations, including CMS, The Joint Commission, and the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ). Health systems target outcome measures based on state and federal government mandates, accreditation requirements, and financial incentives. Although healthcare outcomes and targets are defined at the national level, health systems might set more aggressive targets.
  • 10. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Are Driven by National Standards and Financial Incentives Reporting and accreditation entities have processes in place to normalize outcomes data to account for context, which is key when it comes to reporting. It’s easy to take data out of context. Using fall rates as an example, if a small, 10-bed hospital sees 10 patients in one month and one patient falls, then their fall rate is high (10 percent).
  • 11. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Are Driven by National Standards and Financial Incentives The Joint Commission is a regulatory body that accredits health systems and has national standards for quality measures that are: …developed with input from healthcare professionals, providers, subject matter experts, consumers, government agencies (including CMS) and employers.”
  • 12. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Are Driven by National Standards and Financial Incentives New standards must meet the following strict requirements: Relate to patient safety or quality of care. Positively impact healthcare outcomes. Meet or surpass law and regulation. Can be accurately and readily measured. > > > >
  • 13. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Outcome Measures Are Driven by National Standards and Financial Incentives CMS uses outcome measures to calculate overall hospital quality. In a 2018 report, CMS explained how it arrived at its 2018 hospital star ratings. CMS grouped outcome measures into seven categories weighted by importance: 1. Mortality (22 percent) 2. Safety of care (22 percent) 3. Readmissions (22 percent) 4. Patient experience (22 percent) 5. Effectiveness of care (4 percent) 6. Timeliness of care (4 percent) 7. Efficient use of medical imaging (4 percent)
  • 14. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained There are hundreds of outcome measures, ranging from changes in blood pressure in patients with hypertension to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The seven groupings of outcome measures CMS uses to calculate hospital quality are some of the most common in healthcare.
  • 15. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #1: Mortality Mortality is an essential population health outcome measure. For example, Piedmont Healthcare’s evidence-based care standardization for pneumonia patients, resulted in a 56.5 percent relative reduction in the pneumonia mortality rate.
  • 16. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #2: Safety of Care Safety of care outcome measures pertain to medical mistakes. Skin breakdown and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are common safety of care outcome measures: Skin breakdown—happens when pressure decreases blood flow to the skin. A skin assessment tool can be used to reduce skin breakdown. Patients with skin breakdown are at a higher risk of infection. Patients’ risk scores go up if they’re diabetic, for example, because their circulation is poor. >
  • 17. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #2: Safety of Care Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI)—caused by viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens. For example, Texas Children’s Hospital identified evidence-based bundles to reduce HAIs in children through their partnership with the Solutions for Patient Safety National Children’s Network. Using an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytics applications to identify vulnerable patients and monitor clinicians’ compliance with best practice bundles, Texas Children’s Hospital decreased HAIs by 35 percent. >
  • 18. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #3: Readmissions Readmission following hospitalization is a common outcome measure. Readmission is costly (and often preventable). In fact, researchers estimate that in one year, $25 to $45 billion is spent on avoidable complications and unnecessary hospital readmissions. After increasing efforts to reduce their hospital readmission rate, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) saw a 14.5 percent relative reduction in their 30-day all-cause readmission rate, resulting in $1.9 million in cost avoidance.
  • 19. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #4: Patient Experience Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) fall within the patient experience outcome measure category. According to the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI): …assess the patient’s experience and perception of their healthcare. This information can provide a more realistic gauge of patient satisfaction as well as real-time information for local service improvement and to enable a more rapid response to identified issues.”
  • 20. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #4: Patient Experience Patient experience may also be used as a balance metric for improvement work. For example, a care delivery process may decrease the LOS, which can be a positive outcome, but result in a decreased patient satisfaction score if patients instead feel they are being pushed out.
  • 21. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #5: Effectiveness of Care Effectiveness of care outcome measures evaluate two things: 1. Compliance with best practice care guidelines. 2. Achieved outcomes (e.g., lower readmission rates for heart failure patients). Given the rapid changes that occur within healthcare, making sure best practice care guidelines are current is critical for achieving the best care outcomes.
  • 22. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #5: Effectiveness of Care Failing to adhere to evidence-based care guidelines can have negative consequences for patients. For example, according to The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare: …even though it is well established that beta- blockers can reduce the risk of heart attack in patients who have already had one heart attack, many heart attack patients are never prescribed beta-blockers.”
  • 23. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #6: Timeliness of Care Timeliness of care outcome measures assess patient access to care. Overcrowding in the emergency department has been associated with increased inpatient mortality, increased length of stay, and increased costs for admitted patients. A community hospital system implemented an improvement process to address overcrowding in its ED after determining that approximately 4,000 patients were leaving its ED each year without being seen.
  • 24. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #6: Timeliness of Care They leveraged their analytics platform to develop an ED analytics application that provided actionable, timely ED performance data to focus improvement efforts on four areas: Staffing patterns Registration Triage assessment by the registered nurse Early access to a qualified medical provider > > > >
  • 25. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #7: Efficient Use of Medical Imaging The efficient use of medical imaging is an increasingly important outcome measure. According to the European Science Foundation: Medical imaging plays a central role in the global healthcare system as it contributes to improved patient outcome and more cost- efficient healthcare in all major disease entities.”
  • 26. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures Explained #7: Efficient Use of Medical Imaging For example, during Texas Children’s Hospital’s efforts to improve asthma care it discovered a high volume of chest X-rays being administered to asthma patients. Using its EDW to examine real-time X-ray data, it realized clinicians were ordering chest X-rays for 65 percent of their asthma patients—evidence-based practice calls for X-rays in only five percent of cases. Texas Children’s Hospital’s IT team traced the problem to a faulty order set within the hospital’s EHR, and rewrote the order set to reflect the evidence-based best practice.
  • 27. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Process Measures Are Equally Important Achieving outcomes is important, but the process by which health systems achieve outcomes is equally important. Process measures capture provider productivity and adherence to standards of recommended care. For example, if a health system wants to reduce the incidence of skin breakdown, then it might implement the process measure of performing a risk assessment using the Barden Scale for reducing pressure ulcer risk in all the appropriate units in the hospital. If health systems are too focused on an outcome, then they lose sight of the process.
  • 28. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Process Measures Are Equally Important The following outcome and process measures illustrate how systems can improve healthcare outcomes by improving processes: Conducting a medication reconciliation system check with heart failure patients at the time of discharge (process measure) can reduce heart failure readmission rates (outcome measure). Performing a fall risk assessment on a patient at the time of admission (process measure) can reduce fall rates (outcome measure). Using a skin assessment tool (process measure) can prevent skin breakdown (outcome measure).
  • 29. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement Among every health system’s goals is to improve patient outcomes. But outcomes improvement can’t happen without effective outcomes measurement. As health systems work diligently to achieve the Quadruple Aim, they need to prioritize three outcomes measurement essentials: Transparency Integrated care Interoperability > > >
  • 30. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement Used in tandem, these essentials improve and sustain outcomes measurement efforts by creating a data-driven culture that embraces the three essentials. The process treats the whole patient and improves critical care transitions, and interoperable systems that enable the seamless exchange of outcomes measurement data between clinicians, departments, and hospitals.
  • 31. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement #1: Data Transparency Healthcare is on a journey to outcomes transparency. Patients rely on outcomes data to make educated decisions about their healthcare. Quality reporting organizations, such as The LeapFrog Group, evaluate and report on U.S. hospital safety and quality performance. Patients want reassurance that they’re receiving the best care for the lowest cost. Publicly reported healthcare outcomes help do just that.
  • 32. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement #2: Integrated Care and Transitions of Care The industry is also shifting toward integrated care—hospitals aren’t just treating a hip anymore; they’re treating the whole person. A key component of integrated care is helping patients with transitions: easing patient transitions from the ER, to surgery, to inpatient care, to rehab, and, ultimately, back to a steady, normal state. Transitional points of care are critical for managing consistency of care and providing the right care in the right setting at the lowest cost.
  • 33. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement #3: Data Interoperability Sharing data between departments within an integrated system is another important component. Outcomes measurement and improvement depends on the system’s ability to share data across clinicians, labs, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and other staff, departments, and settings. EDWs improve interoperability by integrating data and providing a single source of truth.
  • 34. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Three Essentials for Successful Healthcare Outcomes Measurement #3: Data Interoperability Improving critical care transitions through integrated care and seamlessly exchanging data through interoperability are essential ingredients for better outcomes measurement. For example, as heart failure patients are discharged (depending on the risk stratification), it’s critical for them to see a cardiologist or primary care physician as quickly as possible. Otherwise, they have a higher risk of being readmitted.
  • 35. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. The Quadruple Aim: The Goal of Outcomes Measurement Outcomes measurement should always tie back to the Quadruple Aim, so healthcare organizations aren’t just reporting numbers. Health systems shouldn’t become so obsessed with numbers that they forget their Quadruple Aim goal. Instead, they should focus on quality and improving the care experience at the most efficient cost.
  • 36. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. The Quadruple Aim: The Goal of Outcomes Measurement Health systems measure outcomes to ensure they are delivering the best care for patients and providing a transparent, efficient, and accessible environment for all healthcare providers. That is outcomes nirvana.
  • 37. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. For more information: “This book is a fantastic piece of work” – Robert Lindeman MD, FAAP, Chief Physician Quality Officer
  • 38. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. More about this topic Link to original article for a more in-depth discussion. The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures and Three Measurement Essentials Improving Patient-Reported Outcomes Caleb Stowell; Sara Sprinkhuizen The Top Six Early Detection and Action Must-Haves for Improving Outcomes Kirstin Scott; Tracy Vayo The Top Success Factors for Making the Switch to Outcomes-Based Healthcare Bryan Oshiro, MD 7 Features of Highly Effective Outcomes Improvement Projects Brant Avondet 6 Steps for Implementing Successful Performance Improvement Initiatives in Healthcare Bobbi Brown, MBA, SVP; Leslie Hough Falk, SVP
  • 39. © 2018 Health Catalyst Proprietary. Feel free to share but we would appreciate a Health Catalyst citation. Other Clinical Quality Improvement Resources Click to read additional information at www.healthcatalyst.com Ann Tinker joined Health Catalyst in June of 2012 as a Vice President for Customer Engagements. Prior to coming to Health Catalyst, she worked for GE Healthcare IT on the GE/Intermountain Healthcare partnership product called Qualibria as a Product Manager and Customer liaison. Ann worked PRN (on-call) for LDS Hospital in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) as a staff RN for the past 6+ years. Before GE Ann was employed at 3M HIS business based in Salt Lake City working in a variety of positions from sales support, implementation, development, marketing and product management for both US and International products and prior to then worked for Intermountain Healthcare for 10+ years in Critical Care and Nursing Administration. Ann has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Brigham Young University and a Masters from University of Washington. Ann Tinker, MSN, RN