About QualityWorks^®

Features
Advantages
Hardware Requirements
Confidentiality Provisions

Demonstration of QualityWorks^®

The Joint Commission's Core Measure Requirements

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QualityWorks^® is an performance measurement system software and patient safety data collection tool that helps your hospital collect, report and analyze clinical quality data. Hospitals also can use the QualityWorks^® core measure module to collect and transmit data for the Hospital Quality Alliance to The Joint Commission’s core measures, including the following.

• congestive heart failure
• acute myocardial infarction
• pneumonia
• pregnancy and related conditions
• surgical care improvement project
• hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (pilot)
• pediatric asthma measures

The QualityWorks^® Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services module can help your hospital collect data for the CMS’ quality improvement projects, including the following.

• congestive heart failure
• acute myocardial infarction
• community-acquired pneumonia
• surgical care improvement project
• other measure sets as implemented by the CMS

QualityWorks^® is a Web-based data collection tool that is user-friendly, intuitive and efficient. The patient population for core measures is defined by the software for inclusion/exclusion criteria. QualityWorks^® has embedded algorithms that decrease the abstraction time necessary for data collection by limiting data entry to the required data elements specific to each case.

Real-time reporting provides immediate feedback on performance for quality improvement opportunities. QualityWorks® facilitates other quality improvement initiatives through user-defined data collection fields. Web-based reports with graphing, trending and statistical capability are available immediately to users. In addition, national comparison reports for core measures can be exported to other databases and statistical packages for internal use. QualityWorks^® physician reports support collection and analysis of data sorted by admitting and attending physicians or surgeons.

The QualityWorks^® project is a cost-effective option that allows The Joint Commission-accredited and nonaccredited hospitals to collect and report defined data sets for internal quality improvement and benchmarking purposes.

FEATURES

• Web-based software for data collection and transmission
• user-friendly data entry features
• collection of data for all core measure sets
• online data editing and transmission
• capable of integrating data from established hospital systems
• Missouri-based customer support and service
• consultation on data use for quality improvement programs
• export via the Internet all data entered
• export every report and score

ADVANTAGES

• experience as a vendor since 1997
• experience as a participant in the core measure national pilot project
• cost-effective solution to your performance measurement needs

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

• a minimum of one computer capable of running Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher
• capability of connecting to the Internet with a minimum of a 33.6 kbps. A T1 or other dedicated line is preferable, although not required.
• 128-bit encryption

CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS

• password-protected data entry
• hospital-defined accessibility to software
• encrypted data transmission
• contract provision for MHA Management Services Corporation to serve as a business associate for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance