Statewide Benchmarks

[Ashley Robertson Newmyer]

Hello,

 

What statewide benchmarks do you follow throughout your states?

 

Thanks,

Ashley Newmyer, MPH

State Trauma Registrar

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

 

[Bowlus, Ambrosia D (HSS)]

Can you explain further?

[Ginger Franks]

Are you talking about data quality or data analyses?

 

GFF

 

 

Ginger Floerchinger-Franks, Dr.P.H.

Idaho Trauma Registry

615 North Seventh Street
P.O. Box 1278
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 489-1391

Fax: (208) 344-0180

www.idahotrauma.org

 

 

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Subject: Statewide Benchmarks

 

Hello,

[Ashley Robertson Newmyer]

Sure, we are trying to determine which benchmarks other states use to track trends and to detect improvements in their Trauma Systems.

 

For example, the one we are going to look at first is Case-fatality by ISS for the past 5 years.

 

One of our committees was curious in finding out what other states look at to track if they are improving trauma patient care or not.

 

Sorry my question was pretty vague. Let me know if I'm not making any sense.

 

Thanks,

Ashley

[Hobbs, Sylvia (DPH)]

Were you talking about a trauma equivalent similar to the ACS cancer benchmarking tool that looks like this: http://cromwell.facs.org/BMarks/BMPub/Ver10/bm_reports.cfm

 

Sylvia D. Hobbs, MPH
Director of Research & Evaluation
Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Office of Emergency Medical Services
99 Chauncy Street, 11th Floor
Boston MA 02111
Phone: 617-753-7304
Fax: 617-753-7320
cell: 781-530-6381
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[Ashley Robertson Newmyer]

Data analyses, but I would be interested in hearing about both.

 

Ashley

[Ginger Franks]

Idaho doesn’t formally track anything, although we do provide hospitals (CEO, ED managers, trauma coordinators) with a report each year.   I’ve attached a dummy copy so you can see what we provide.  Hospitals can then use the report for PI purposes if they wish.  Idaho only has four trauma centers and they are interested in this report because it provides them comparison data.

 

GFF

 

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[Ashley Robertson Newmyer]

Great, thank you!

[Bowlus, Ambrosia D (HSS)]

Wow impressive, Alaska does not do an annual status report, but maybe from your template I will start.

Thanks….

 

Send more information, if you have any!!

 

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Idaho doesn’t formally track anything, although we do provide hospitals (CEO, ED managers, trauma coordinators) with a report each year.   I’ve attached a dummy copy so you can see what we provide.  Hospitals can then use the report for PI purposes if they wish.  Idaho only has four trauma centers and they are interested in this report because it provides them comparison data.

[Ginger Franks]

This reports is what we send to CEOs – a carrot to encourage them to participate in the registry.  Although our registry has been legislated since 2003, rules have not been written to implement it so participation is still optional.  We also send this report (AKA “CEO Report”) to ED managers, QC people if they are interested, HIM people if they are interested.   We receive data exports from five hospitals (soon to be six) that have in-house registries and abstract (on-site) and enter cases for an additional 20 hospitals.  We are using Image Trend software but our reports are based on our SQL server.  Our database administrator has developed queries for me but I still have a lot of hands on work to do.  (I am in the middle of preparing injury years 2008 and 2009 reports as we speak – and have developed a blister under one of my knuckles from using the mouse!)  Ultimately we would like to be able to have canned reports built into our Image Trend software but I don’t think their report writer has the ability to calculate the comparative statistics (eg. average LOS for CAH and non-CAH hospitals). 

 

The registry also puts out an annual report to legislators.  The Idaho Hospital Association (that I work for) lost funding to prepare the annual report so it is now the responsibility of the Idaho EMS Bureau (contract with the Idaho Hospital Association to manage the registry).  They have to find funding to do this so we’ll see how it works out. 

 

Let me know if I can answer any other questions.

 

GFF

[Narloch, Lindsey B.]

Our reports are not as comprehensive or fancy as Idaho’s.  I run a report for each hospital, then each level of designation, each region and the state.  Hospitals are able to compare the data on their own.  Each report is in the same format so at least they can easily compare.  I have attached an example. 

  Lindsey

 

Lindsey B. Narloch, M.S.

Research Analyst

North Dakota Department of Health

Division of EMS and Trauma

701.328.1062

 

[Ginger Franks]

Hi Lindsey.

 

In addition to information we are both providing (ISS, age/gender and a variation on cause), I think you have provided some categories that would be useful for policy makers to see (eg. protective devices).   Are you running your report from a software report writer?  If so, who are you using?  We are hoping to move to a report writer to build our tables.

 

Thanks for the additional information.

 

GFF

 

 

Ginger Floerchinger-Franks, Dr.P.H.

Idaho Trauma Registry

615 North Seventh Street
P.O. Box 1278
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 489-1391

Fax: (208) 344-0180

www.idahotrauma.org

 

 

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Our reports are not as comprehensive or fancy as Idaho’s.  I run a report for each hospital, then each level of designation, each region and the state.  Hospitals are able to compare the data on their own.  Each report is in the same format so at least they can easily compare.  I have attached an example. 

[Bowlus, Ambrosia D (HSS)]

Hi,

I am using report writer and would love to know how to write reports of this nature. Anyone have directions for the helpful reports they write?

[Narloch, Lindsey B.]

Our state registry software has some report writing capibilities built in so I am not using a separate report writer software.

Sorry I am not much help.

 

  Lindsey

 

Lindsey B. Narloch, M.S.

Research Analyst

Division of EMS and Trauma

701.328.1062

 

[Ginger Franks]

What software are you using?

GFF

[Narloch, Lindsey B.]

All of our hospitals and the state use Clinical Data Management products. 

 

[Shorter, Zeynep (DOH)]

Hi everybody,

In Washington State, we just updated our trauma chart report. You guys are the first to see it J

 

We also started doing control charts for hospital-level benchmarking. Here is an example showing non-penetrating trauma mortality for our trauma centers. I also have the same chart for level 3 facilities. The attached slide is another example of our control charts for full trauma team activation. We like these control charts as visual benchmarking tools. Hospitals can easily see how they are performing.

 

Zeyno