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Stories of Success will share quality and patient safety improvement success stories

The newly developed program, Stories of Success! by HIMSS and ASQ showcases outstanding accomplishments in the adoption and use of information technology to achieve improved patient safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency. Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and patient safety and health IT, HIMSS is seeking real-world success stories to be peer-reviewed for consideration as a case study in the Stories of Success! Leveraging HIT, Improving Quality & Safety program. ASQ is co-sponsoring the project; the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have a representative serving on the case study review group.  The call for case studies uses the national priorities established by the National Priorities Partnership (NPP) and The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG).

“We want those who are using IT every day to help us identify how technology helps support the six priorities of National Priorities Partnership and The Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals and priorities.  These from-the-field examples, focused on national quality and performance improvement, will pinpoint technology’s positive impact on the lives of patients,” said Louis H. Diamond, MD, chair of the HIMSS NPP/JC (National Priorities Partnership/The Joint Commission) Work Group that is leading this project. Dr. Diamond, also chair of the HIMSS Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes Steering Committee, is Vice President and Medical Director for Thomson Reuters Healthcare.

A template developed by the work group allows online submission of the case studies at http://www.himss.org/storiesofsuccess, due by Nov. 16.  Selected by peer review, the case studies will be posted on the HIMSS Web site and categorized by the goals met from the National Priorities Partnership or The Joint Commission. “Case studies of real-world success which identify and detail tools and methodologies used, positive outcomes, challenges overcome, and returns on investment in patient safety, population health management, and care coordination have proven to be invaluable tools for those embarking on a continuous improvement journey,” said Joseph Fortuna, MD, chair-elect of the Health Care Division of ASQ and CEO of PRISM, a nonprofit corporation seeking to sustainably improve quality and operations of health care practices.

“With the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act now underway, the information gathered in these case studies will focus on health IT as a valuable healthcare tool for quality and patient safety improvement,” said David A. Collins, MHA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, who is HIMSS director, healthcare information systems. “By sharing notable quality improvement scenarios, we hope these best practice examples will help deter unnecessary practices in healthcare delivery and demonstrate the benefits of health IT adoption.” he added.

Source: HIMSS

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