[Solved]: (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), 2010)

(Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), 2010). This resource is included under 1: Overview & Resources along with this activity document. 1. For which diagnosis(es) does the General Hospital have a lower readmission rate than the national average? 2. For which diagnosis(es) does the General Hospital have a higher readmission rate than the national average? Critical Thinking Questions 3. The General Hospital’s Quality Improvement committee wants to know how their hospital’s readmission rates compare to national averages based on your review of the readmission data. What will you tell them? Select the correct answer. a. The General Hospital’s readmission rates are below the national rates. b. The General Hospital’s readmission rates are above the national rates. c. The General Hospital’s readmission rates are below the national rates for all diagnoses, except for congestive heart failure. d. The General Hospital’s readmission rates are above the national rates for congestive heart failure and renal failure. Based on your report, the General Hospital’s Quality Improvement committee has implemented a pilot test called heart failure (HF) re-admission CQI. Review the Clinical Reminder found on the Alerts Tab of the William Petrov EHR and answer the following questions. 4. What is the subject of the Clinical Reminder in William Petrov’s EHR? 5. What is the description/rationale for this Clinical Reminder? 6. What action will be taken for this Clinical Reminder? 7. What is the frequency for the Clinical Reminder action? The General Hospital’s Quality Improvement committee has used the Plan, Do, Study/Check, Act method for developing the CQI intervention. 8. Three months after the implementation of the heart failure (HF) re-admission CQI Clinical Reminder, a new re-admission report is run for evaluation of the pilot. The patients who were part of the heart failure (HF) re-admission CQI Clinical Reminder pilot were now found to have a re-admission rate of 24%. What does this data mean? 9. Based on the evaluative pilot report, what is your recommendation for the General Hospital’s Quality Improvement committee? 10. How did the EHR help in the General Hospital’s Quality Improvement efforts regarding re-admission rates? Review the resource Reducing Heart Failure All-Cause Readmissions and answer the following questions. This resource is found on the Overview & Resources tab of this activity. 11. Based on the provided case study, discuss the specific informatics tools and strategies implemented to reduce 30-day readmission rates for heart failure. 12. How does the HF dashboard contribute to the success of the readmission reduction program?