Accreditation services – Part 1

Health care organizations need a comprehensive strategy to achieve regulatory and accreditation compliance. At stake are crucial certification and approval ratings and, more crucial, patient and workplace safety. On this two-part series, we’ll examine the current status of regulatory and accreditation organizations and the latest challenges organizations face in their efforts to reach compliance.
 
Guest speaker:
Diana Scott, MHA, RN, CPHQ
Associate Vice President
Accreditation and Regulatory Services
Vizient
 
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:17] Status on accreditation and surveys
[02:38] Update on survey methods: the hybrid model
[05:38] Impact of decreasing COVID infection rates
[06:39] Surveyor expectations
[07:32] Clinical workforce issues and expectations
[09:40] Water management, fire safety/sprinkler systems and workplace safety
 
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Diana Scott’s contact email: diana.scott@vizientinc.com
Vizient Accreditation Services: Click here
The Joint Commission: www.jointcommission.org
 
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Readmission reduction – Part 2

The last episode of this two-part series covered why readmissions occur. This episode explores those causes in more depth – the clinical and social issues underneath readmissions—and what health care organizations can do to prevent these from happening.
 
Guest speaker:
Tod Baker, BS
Principal
Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[00:40] Addressing clinical issues
[02:59] Addressing social issues
[04:38] Best practices/new approaches in risk stratification
[09:00] Engaging the family or community to manage the patient
[10:11] Where to start
[12:17] Post-acute care
 
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Tod Baker’s contact email: tod.baker@vizientinc.com
Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care (AHRQ) Click here
Vizient’s Clinical Data Base (CDB) and readmissions Click here
CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Click here
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, presents six videos on Multi-visit Patients (MVPs) and readmissions Click here
Contact Dr. Amy Boutwell at: amy@collaborativehealthcarestrategies.com
 
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Readmission reduction – Part 1

The value of reducing readmissions to the hospital has been well-established: lowering health care costs, eliminating wasted resources, improving quality and increasing patient satisfaction. However, organizations still wrestle with the causes for readmissions, whether it is poor care coordination or poor patient follow-up after discharge. This next two-part series will examine why readmissions occur and what organizations can do to improve on them.
 
Guest speaker:
Tod Baker, BS
Principal
Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[01:11] Defining readmissions
[01:48] Issues resulting from readmissions
[02:17] Misaligned incentives and compartmentalization
[03:27] New energy for reducing readmissions
[04:46] Getting started
[05:49] Effective risk-stratification
[07:13] Impact of social issues
 
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Tod Baker’s contact email: tod.baker@vizientinc.com
Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care (AHRQ) Click here
Vizient’s Clinical Data Base (CDB) and readmissions Click here
CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Click here
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, presents six videos on Multi-visit Patients (MVPs) and readmissions Click here
 
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Mortality Reduction – Part 3

On this episode, we continue our discussion on mortality by addressing hospice and palliative approaches as a way to provide improved care for patients and improve hospital mortality scores.
 
Guest speaker:
Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA, CPHM
Executive Principal
Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
 
Show Notes:
[00:35] Hesitancy in leveraging palliative and hospice care
[01:08] A success story with palliative care
[01:51] Vizient Clinical Data Base analytic can pinpoint use of palliative and hospice care in an organization
[02:22] The advanced directive process: everyone’s responsibility
[03:04] Surgeons and the medical record
[04:05] Triggering palliative care consults
[05:28] Patients discharged to hospice do not factor into hospital mortality index
[06:02] Mortality review – best practice
 
Links | Resources:
To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com
Aman Sabharwal’s contact email: aman.sabharwal@vizientinc.com
Mortality Measures Hospital-Specific Reports (CMS) Click here
Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement – Mortality (AHRQ) Click here
Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic (JAMA Internal Medicine) Click here
 
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