Using Enterprise Intelligence to Drive Change and Help Prevent ADEs

Thursday, Feb. 24, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Description:

Regional West launched a medication safety surveillance initiative, identifying key performance measures and aggregating disparate data into actionable scorecards. Results include measurable adverse drug event (ADE) prevention, reduced costs and protected reimbursements.

Speaker Information:
  • Shirley Knodel, RN, vice president of patient care, Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Neb.
  • Lisa Bewley, RN, vice president of information technology/CIO, Regional West

Objectives:

  • Describe how to identify specific performance standards.
  • Explain how standardized and automated processes for reviewing and documenting results can eliminate a time-intensive manual process.
  • Review how actionable scorecards enable clinicians to drill down into data to gain a clearer understanding of where breakdowns occur.
  • Discuss how to identify key performance measures that can improve clinical and financial outcomes.

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