The Quality Benchmarks Collaborative provides healthcare organizations a way to compare their clinical quality measure performance to peers in order to identify areas for improvement and accelerate adoption of electronic health records. By subscribing, organizations gain access to benchmarks compiled from measures reported to CMS and can monitor their results over time on a dashboard. McKesson's advisors help interpret the data and facilitate sharing of best practices. Linking this data to other information can provide insights into how electronic health record use impacts outcomes like length of stay and mortality.

1. Quality Benchmarks Collaborative™
Benefits To receive Medicare and Medicaid a unique opportunity not only
reimbursements under the to report measures, but also to
– Uses comparative analysis Health Information Technology compare results, share best practices
to establish meaningful, for Economic and Clinical Health and accelerate EHR adoption.
achievable benchmark targets (HITECH) Act, hospitals must report
on 15 hospital quality measures The Benchmarking Advantage
– Accelerates EHR adoption by
using certified electronic health McKesson’s Quality Benchmarks
promoting accountability and
record (EHR) technology to collect Collaborative contains measures
driving behavior change
and calculate data. McKesson’s compiled as a by-product of the
– Updates benchmarks monthly certified EHR systems include a clinical quality measure reporting
for timely comparisons component, McKesson Quality required by CMS under HITECH.
eMeasures™, that calculates and Using McKesson Quality eMeasures
– Includes consultations with submits the required measures to as a foundation, the service enables
business advisors to facilitate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid subscribers to compare their results
result interpretation, root- Services (CMS) and the states. to other providers’ to understand
cause analysis and adoption of their comparative performance.
outcomes measures related to However, solely reporting on those
meaningful use measures will not enact the cultural While traditional quality benchmark
change necessary for health reform. services use manually collected data,
– Provides a virtual network Organizations need actionable Quality Benchmarks Collaborative
community to facilitate information – observed results electronically captures clinical data
sharing of best practices and benchmarks – to establish and at the point of care for quality
achieve meaningful targets. By metrics comparison. Comparative
– Provides ability to link subscribing to McKesson’s Quality analyses translate into benchmark
process measures to patient Benchmarks Collaborative™ service, targets, setting a new standard of
demographic and diagnosis healthcare organizations have excellence for quality measurement.
data for outcomes analysis
50th 75th
Mean
Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Rolling 12 Percentile Percentile
eMeasure Name / Short Description Benchmark
Rate Rate Rate Rate MO Rate Benchmark Benchmark
Rate
Rate Rate
eSTK2 Discharged w/Antithrombotic Med 91.5% 95.2% 97.3% 94.9% 94.7% 92.0% 90.8% 94.9%
eSTK3 Discharged w/Anticoag Med for Afib 87.7% 95.0% 85.7% 93.0% 89.8% 88.0% 87.8% 88.4%
eSTK4 Thrombolytic Therapy 85.7% 69.2% 80.0% 50.0% 71.1% 87.5% 87.5% 87.5%
eSTK5 Antithrombotic Med by Hosp Day 2 70.2% 81.3% 90.8% 73.8% 79.7% 79.8% 78.8% 82.1%
eSTK6 Discharged on Statin Med 97.5% 93.3% 90.5% 92.9% 93.5% 92.5% 92.4% 92.7%
eSTK8 Stroke Education 63.1% 70.3% 75.5% 55.4% 66.9% 73.8% 72.6% 76.6%
eSTK10 Assessed for Rehabilitation 59.4% 73.5% 69.1% 58.2% 65.1% 71.1% 69.7% 74.6%
eVTE1 Prophylaxis All Inpatients 90.7% 92.2% 93.2% 94.0% 94.7% 92.0% 91.7% 92.6%
eVTE2 Prophylaxis ICU Patients 98.8% 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 98.9% 98.6% 98.6% 98.8%
eVTE3 VTE Anticoag Overlap Therapy 100.0% 98.0% 89.7% 90.9% 95.3% 95.8% 95.6% 96.3%
eVTE4 VTE UFH Monitored by Protocol 78.4% 89.5% 80.4% 90.9% 85.6% 79.1% 78.3% 81.2%
eVTE5 VTE Discharge Instructions 97.4% 93.3% 87.5% 86.0% 90.3% 92.1% 92.2% 91.9%
eVTE6 Hospital Acquired VTE 40.0% 11.1% 0.0% 33.3% 22.2% 10.3% 9.0% 1.2%
eED1 Arrival to Departure-Overall 303 278 247 186 253 248 270 200
eED1.1 Arrival to Departure-Obs 502 457 407 305 418 400 430 330
eED1.2 Arrival to Departure-MH dx 287 261 232 174 239 201 273 180
eED1.3 Arrival to Departure-Non Obs/MH 320 291 259 194 266 240 296 222
eED2 Admit to Departure-Overall 179 163 145 109 149 90 75 62
eED2.1 Admit to Departure-Obs 120 109 97 73 100 100 80 78
eED2.2 Admit to Departure-MH dx 133 121 108 81 111 111 90 83
eED2.3 Admit to Departure-Non Obs/MH 189 172 153 115 157 158 140 132
Quality Benchmarks Collaborative captures clinical data at the point of care for quality
metrics comparison.

2. McKesson augments this Customers may choose from Seamless Delivery
benchmark cohorts based on bed McKesson Quality eMeasures is the
technology with services size, region, organization type and only prerequisite to participate
provided by business scope. A web-based dashboard in the Quality Benchmarks
allows users to view immediate Collaborative service. For current
advisors with unique training results, monitor performance trends McKesson Quality eMeasures
and conduct in-depth, diagnostic customers, access to the service
in benchmarking clinical analyses in minutes through begins with a simple subscription
processes and outcomes. comparisons to benchmarks of their form. Your account manager will
choosing. help you set up a benchmarking
Accelerated Adoption account, and business advisors will
help you establish appropriate
Achieving meaningful use is more comparison populations.
than a technology initiative.
Adopting EHR technology requires For McKesson Performance
organizational and individual Analytics™ users, an outcomes-
behavior change. The Quality based scorecard is deployed using
Benchmarks Collaborative service the benchmarks data. McKesson
uses statistical tools to measure and will provide consultative services to
compare results across caregivers, facilitate the use of the benchmarks
populations and time segments — and the outcomes analysis delivered
providing an impetus to change. in the McKesson Performance
McKesson augments this technology Analytics solution.
with services provided by business
advisors with unique training in For customers not using the
benchmarking clinical processes and McKesson Quality eMeasures
outcomes. These advisors help forge solution, our services team will help
a powerful partnership among your you establish data access so that
stakeholders as you plan for other your measures can be submitted
health reform initiatives. Services to the Collaborative. Contact
include: your account executive for more
information on Quality Benchmarks
– Selection of benchmarks Collaborative and other services.
– Intensive education and The Outcomes Imperative
interpretation of results Stage 1 meaningful use
– Stakeholder-centric education on measurement focuses on processes
root-cause analysis related to evidence-based practice.
As meaningful use measurement
– Virtual network communities evolves, the integration of data
from the Quality Benchmarks
– Adoption of outcomes measures Collaborative registry with the
related to meaningful use McKesson Performance Analtyics
solution will also provide the
measurement of outcomes. This
advanced analytics solution

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– Point-of-care quality metrics operational dimensions of care and For more information on
for quick, accurate comparison establishes a baseline for health McKesson Performance Analytics,
reform metrics. contact your account executive
– Statistical tools measure or visit www.mckesson.com/
results across caregivers, Linking process measures (such
as the timely administration of enterpriseintelligence.
populations and time
segments thrombolitics in stroke patients)
to other patient demographic and
– Peer group selection based on diagnosis data answers a critical
bed size, region, organization question: “Does EHR use make a
type and scope difference in patient outcomes?”
The ability to measure length of
– Web-based dashboard for stay, mortality, readmissions and
viewing results, monitoring other indicators of effective EHR
performance trends and use provides a comprehensive view
conducting diagnostic analyses of your clinical performance and
insight into cause and effect — the
– Incorporation of the financial first step to shared accountability
and operational dimensions of for optimum results.
care establishes a baseline for
health reform metrics Preparing for the Future
– Outcomes-based scorecard Quality Benchmarks Collaborative
using benchmarks data is a component of the McKesson
Enterprise Intelligence portfolio,
which is designed to drive
transparency and shared
accountability across the healthcare
enterprise. As health reform triggers
additional changes to existing
processes of payment and care
delivery, McKesson’s advanced
analytics and benchmarking
solutions will lay the foundation
needed to survive in a rapidly
changing environment.
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