Contributing to D2D 2.0 Over half of AFHTO members have signed up for D2D 2.0! One hundred and five AFHTO member organizations (56%) have signed up to submit data for D2D 2.0!  The most common reason teams give for being part of D2D 2.0 is to be able to compare with peers to better focus their local QI efforts. If you are still deciding whether to contribute data, check out this short video for a family doctor’s perspective about why D2D matters to her. Even if you missed the deadline for requesting ICES data you can still sign up to submit D2D data before the May 28, 2015 deadline.  Check out the data dictionary or any of the other resources on the D2D webpage or contact Carol Mulder for more details. Detailed data submission “cheat sheet” coming soon Please check out the D2D webpage next week for a “cheat sheet” with step by step instructions for compiling and submitting data. Included will be directions on how to access EMR queries for the two EMR-based indicators (i.e. childhood immunization and EMR data quality). The QIDSS are finalizing those queries and will be ready to share them with all members within the next week. The deadline for all D2D 2.0 data submission is May 28, 2015. Timelines and distribution for D2D 2.0 The D2D 2.0 report will be available to AFHTO members only mid June 2015. Unlike QIP, Schedule A and other MOHLTC reports, D2D 2.0 is by and for AFHTO members only.  A membership-wide aggregate summary of the report will be shared with external partners to demonstrate the maturity and leadership of AFHTO members in advancing QI and measurement –the team-level performance will only be available to teams themselves. Using data to improve data quality and care Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) moving forward on team-level cancer screening reports CCO is creating a team-level (vs individual doctor-level) screening activity report. The report is being designed in direct response to requests from and in collaboration with the QIDSS. It won’t be ready for D2D 2.0 – but it’s coming! Partnering with patients on measurement works! Early results from the patient-doctor relationship survey highlight the value of partnering with patients about measurement in primary care. At least three-quarters of the 200+ responses came via Patients Canada – a reach we would not have had without their active partnership. So far we’ve learned that over half of the respondents want a 50-50 decision making partnership with their doctors. That might not be true of all patients, as Patients Canada will be sharing at an upcoming conference on “Managing the Canadian Healthcare Strategy” – YET it is certainly an observation well worth considering!  Analysis continues and will be shared in subsequent updates. Contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details. Other news REMINDER submit your abstracts for AFHTO 2015 – deadline May 11, 2015   Share your successes, processes and tools that strengthen Team-based Primary Care: The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System by submitting an abstract for the AFHTO 2015 Conference.  Success stories about using data to improve care might include anything from “how we got a QI committee going and what people like about it” or “how we changed the conversation about quality improvement from whether to how to do it” to “how we dealt with the phone ringing off the hook when we sent out screening reminders” – any big or little thing that has made a difference to your team.  Submissions are being collected for presentations and posters in 7 core streams. Deadline to submit is May 11 at 9:00 AM. QIDSS in the spotlight! Congratulations to Hope Latam (QIDSS) and Dr. Kevin Samson who are presenting from the East Wellington FHT at the upcoming TELUS Health Ontario EMR User Conference. Their presentation illustrates useful ways of improving access data to EMR data, including the use of the custom queries that were developed as part of an AFHTO Innovation Project and are now being deployed to FHT’s across the province. They will also showcase the new Postgres Reporting Appliance that they have been beta testing for TELUS. For more information please contact Marg Leyland. What do you think? We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s website for more information.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

REMINDER: The deadline to request ICES data is April 21, 2015. A signed version of the form is required. Please scan and email to improve@afhto.ca or fax to (416) 920-6556 attention Denise Pinto. Requesting this data does not mean you are automatically contributing to D2D 2.0.  It just means you will have it on file, in case you DO decide to contribute later. For more information about ICES data click here. Sign up for D2D 2.0: Regardless of whether you request ICES data, please sign up for D2D 2.0 if you are intending to contribute ANY data. This will ensure that we can support you through the data submission process. On that note, there are now more teams signed up than for D2D 1.0 – nearly 36% of AFHTO members and counting! For more information contact Carol Mulder. NPLC Participation in D2D 2.0: NPLCs will be able to submit data for any indicators that are NOT based on OHIP billing (ICES data). AFHTO is working with the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) and ICES to make billing data-based indicators more available for NPLCs for future iterations of D2D. For D2D 2.0 please check out the data dictionary for the indicators that you are able to submit. Video: Why D2D Matters: This new 4 minute video tells a story about why D2D matters from the perspective of a family doctor. We hope it might start or boost conversations about what D2D might do for your team.

Using data to improve data quality and care

AFHTO puts patients first in measuring performance: The nation-wide Patient-Doctor Relationship Survey is now complete with a GREAT response from over 200 patients! The results will be used to calculate the quality “roll-up” indicator in the D2D 2.0 report. Contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details. Build a COPD registry: Interest in the EMR query built by your QIDSS to generate a COPD registry is growing. The query is currently available for Telus PS and Accuro EMRs and an OSCAR query will be released shortly. Steps on how to use the query can be found here. Want to know more? Contact Greg Mitchell.

Other news

AFHTO 2015 Conference call for abstracts: Share your successes, processes and tools that strengthen Team-based Primary Care: The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System by submitting an abstract for the AFHTO Conference. Submissions are being collected for presentations and posters in 7 core streams. Deadline to submit is May 11 at 9:00 AM. What do you think? We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s website for more information.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

The deadline to request ICES data is April 21, 2015. A detailed timeline for D2D 2.0 implementation is available on the AFHTO website along with the D2D 2.0 data elements and data dictionary. The most important next steps are:

1. Sign up to contribute data to D2D 2.0 and create a codename to retrieve data from the report once it’s live.
2. Schedule meetings with your Board and/or physicians to get the necessary permissions to request ICES data by April 21, 2015.  You will receive your ICES data by May 17th. Note: A signed version of the form is required.  Please scan and email to AFHTO or fax to (416) 920 6556 attention Denise Pinto.
3. The deadline to submit data from all sources via the D2D 2.0 submission platform is May 28, 2015. Note for NPLCs: we are developing a submission plan so stay tuned!

The Patient-Doctor Relationship Survey is live – have your say! This patient survey measures what’s important to patients in their relationship with their doctor and results will be a used to inform D2D 2.0. It’s being administered to patients nation-wide. We encourage you to complete the survey yourself, as a patient, and share and/or tweet the following to your patients and peers:

#HaveYourSay: @PatientsCanada  & @afhto want to know- what matters to you in your patient-doctor relationship?  http://ow.ly/L5P9Z

Contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Does you EMR need a spring tune-up? Consider hiring a student to clean up the data in your EMR. The hire a student toolkit will help you recruit a student, write a job description, and conduct an interview.  In addition to the toolkit, AFHTO would like to support members by offering to host orientation sessions for their students. To help us gauge the need, please complete this survey to tell us what type of session would be useful. For more information contact Greg Mitchell.    Strengthening the connection between primary care and the cancer system The regional sessions with the QIDSS hosted by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) are bearing fruit! In the South East LHIN the CCO primary care cancer lead will be collaborating with local QIDSSs on a regional QI project to collectively reach under-screened patients using the screening activity report (SAR) and other relevant measures. The regional sessions continue in Thunder Bay in May.

Other news

Investment in primary care pays off! In a recent Hamilton Spectator editorial, managing editor Howard Elliott stated that family health teams “are a more holistic approach to primary care” and made the case for continued government support of the family health team model. AFHTO’S response “Investment in primary care lowers costs” quickly became the most popular letter of the day. This is why AFHTO members are working hard to advance measurement and improvement in primary care, with the objective of optimizing quality, access and total health system cost of care for patients. Guide the AFHTO 2015 Conference program and discover the thought leaders in primary care You, your colleagues and patients are invited to join the AFHTO annual conference program working groups. Help discover the thought leaders in your chosen topic area and shape the content of the annual AFHTO conference for your peers across the province. Click here to sign up before April 7, 2015 to confirm participation and select the conference theme that is of interest to you. By participating, a $50 discount will be applied to your registration for the AFHTO 2015 Conference taking place Oct. 28 & 29, 2015! What do you think? We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s website for more information.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

Deadlines to collect data and submit information have been set: In response to feedback from members burdened with year-end pressures, deadlines have been set for the end of April. Next steps should be started now with your team:

1. Sign up to contribute data to D2D 2.0 and create a codename to retrieve data from the report once it’s live.
2. Schedule meetings with your Board and/or physicians to get the necessary permissions to request ICES data by April 21, 2015.  You will receive ICES data by May 17^th. Note: A signed version of the form is required.  Please scan and email to AFHTO or fax to 416 920 6556 attention Denise Pinto.
3. Deadline to submit data from all sources via D2D 2.0 submission platform is May 28, 2015.

Additional details and the timeline for D2D 2.0 implementation are available here. D2D 2.0 indicators: Following input from members and the Indicators Working Group the list of indicators and data elements are now available online. The Diabetes and FTE measure indicators are being deferred to later iterations of D2D. See the data dictionary for more details on the indicators included in D2D 2.0. D2D video coming soon to a screen near you: Production is underway to produce a short 2-3 minute video explaining what D2D is and how it can benefit your team.  Teams can use it with staff, physicians, boards and other stakeholders to inform discussions about contributing to D2D 2.0.  Contact Carol Mulder for more information. Patients Canada and AFHTO launch the patient-doctor partnership survey:  Finishing touches are being put on a survey that will go out over Patients Canada’s network of patients later in March.  The survey will find out what’s most important to patients in their relationship with their family doctor. The results will be used in the upcoming D2D 2.0 report to create a “roll-up” indicator of quality that reflects the strength of the patient-doctor partnership.  This is a big step forward in patient-centered performance measurement.  Contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Hire a student to clean data in your EMR: The toolkit to assist members in hiring a student now includes detail on recruiting a student including relevant placement programs, sample job description and sample interview questions. Get started on a COPD registry: Teams interested in generating a list of patients with COPD can get started with a standardized EMR query built by the QIDSS.  The query is currently available for Telus PS and Accuro EMRs.  It isn’t perfect — about 15% of the patients found might not actually have COPD.  However, teams might find it is easier to start with this rather than try to come up with a list from scratch.  Click here for more detailed instructions on how to use the standardized query to get started with building a COPD registry with your team.  Volunteer to be part of the Patient Contact System – Pilot Project:  We are nearly at the 50-team mark for volunteers to pilot this exciting new way to connect with patients! If you were not able to participate in the demos this week (possibly because the webinars filled up quickly), see the recording of the demo or slide deck from the demo. For more information and eligibility requirements please check out the FAQ section and contact Marg Leyland if you’d like to sign up. Get easier access to your cancer screening reports: One of the outcomes of the regional sessions Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) has been hosting with QIDSS are tips to make it easier to access cancer screening activity reports (SAR).  As a first step, QIDSS are working to streamline the permissions process (e.g. OneID and delegate status) to help doctors more easily get current cancer screening data.  Contact your QIDSS or Carol Mulder for more information.  The regional sessions continue in Thunder Bay in May.

Other news

Tips from HQO for submitting your QIP in the Navigator: Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) are due by April 1, 2015. HQO has provided the following tips:

• At any time, you can test the submission of your QIP in order to see if any information is missing. In order to test the submission of your QIP, click the SUBMIT button – this will generate a detailed list of omissions that you can print. If you get to the sign-off window, it’s a sign that you are able to submit your QIP successfully (if you are not ready to submit, you can simply close the sign-off window).
• There is no need to send a signed copy of the QIP to HQO. During the submission process you will be asked to include the names of those accountable on the QIP (this is considered sign-off approval). After submission you can export all three components of the QIP, format as desired, print, sign and post.

What do you think? We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s website for more information.

Contributing to D2D 2.0 

Indicator selection: The indicators for D2D 2.0 have been approved by the AFHTO Board. Please review to decide which indicators your team could and would submit to the report. You may want schedule meetings with your clinical lead(s) and/or Board of Directors to review the data and approve it for submission. The deadlines for data submission are projected for early April – dates will be confirmed shortly. Data submission tool: For D2D 2.0 teams will enter their data directly into a tool that is now being developed (instead of sending in an excel file). Teams participating in D2D 2.0 will be asked to designate one individual from their team with authority to submit data. Several QIDSS will be testing the tool for usability starting on March 19th. Contact Puja Ahluwalia or Greg Mitchell for more information.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Hire a student to improve data quality in your EMR: The toolkit to assist members in hiring a student has been posted on the members-only website. The toolkit was developed with input from members that have successfully engaged students to improve data quality in their EMRs. If you are considering getting a student, particularly if it is for this summer, it is important to start the process now. See the toolkit for next steps. Build a COPD registry in Telus PSS and Accuro EMRs: A query will soon be available from the QIDSS to generate a list of COPD patients. The QIDSS have developed the query in collaboration with CPCSSN, EMRALD and the ALIVE project. It is not perfect – about 15% of the patients found might not actually have COPD – but this may be an easier way to start finding these patients than starting from scratch. The query and instructions will be released in the next eBulletin. In the meantime, contact Greg Mitchell for more information. Pilot project for a patient contact system (for patient experience surveys etc): Proposals are under review for a vendor to develop and implement a service to automate the process of contacting patients.We will be looking for 10 teams to pilot the service by March 31, 2015. If your team is interested in participating, please contact  Marg Leyland. A more detailed call for volunteers will be issued shortly. In the meantime, please see the Request For Quotes for more details. QIDSS attended learning sessions to improve quality of clinical data in EMRs: Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) hosted the third of five regional sessions this week with QIDSS and the CCO Regional Primary Care Leads in Sudbury. Among topics discussed were: strategies to make it easier for QIDSS to support physicians in accessing their SARs; the extent of similarity between EMR and SAR cancer screening rates; and information and resources available to QIDSS and AFHTO members from CCO’s Primary Care Leads. There are upcoming sessions scheduled for QIDSS in Toronto and Thunder Bay.

Other news about manageable meaningful measurement

Thanks for completing the EMR migration survey: Responses were received from about one quarter of AFHTO members and are now being compiled. Further details will be available over the next month. In the meantime, contact Marg Leyland for more information.

What do you think?

We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s web site for more information.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

Indicator selection:  AFHTO board review of the indicators is scheduled for Feb 25th. Watch this space for more news next week! D2D 2.0 data submission and presentation tool: A prototype of the tool for teams to submit data to D2D 2.0 is currently being reviewed by QIDSS in preparation for widespread release later in March. Contact Puja Ahluwalia or Greg Mitchell for more information. D2D video coming soon: Work has begun to produce a series of short videos for teams to share with staff, clinicians and boards to answer questions about D2D (how, why and what it is). Contact Carol Mulder with any ideas for scenarios or topics to be included in the videos.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Improving quality of clinical data in EMRs: Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) hosted the second of five regional sessions this week with QIDSS and the CCO Regional Primary Care Leads. Among topics discussed are strategies to make it easier for QIDSS to support physicians in getting access to their SARs, the extent of similarity between EMR and SAR cancer screening rates and what information and resources are available to QIDSS and AFHTO members from CCO’s primary care leads. There are upcoming sessions scheduled for QIDSS in Sudbury, Toronto and Thunder Bay. Automating patient experience surveys: Proposals for a service to take much of the work out of administering patient experience surveys are now being reviewed. A provider will be chosen in the next few weeks, with a goal to pilot the service in at least 10 teams before March 31, 2015. If your team is interested in participating, please contact Marg Leyland. A more detailed call for participants will be issued shortly. In the meantime, please see the Request For Quotes for more details.

Other news about manageable meaningful measurement

HQO practice-level indicator prioritization: HQO is about to launch its consultation process to prioritize the practice-level indicators that were identified as part of the Primary Care Performance Measurement Framework. AFHTO staff are involved in the process, which includes consideration of the D2D process. AFHTO members may also be approached directly for their feedback. For more information, please contact Carol Mulder. AFHTO in the news! Recent articles (here and here) touched on the role of AFHTO members in sustainable primary care. REMINDER! Please sign up for Effective Governance for Quality in Primary Care Workshops: An evidence-based training program for FHTs and NPLCs, delivered by peer leaders from these organizations, will be offered in two workshops this March. The sessions are intended for board members, executive directors and quality improvement leaders in AFHTO’s member organizations. If you would like to attend one of these workshops or for more information, click here. REMINDER! Please complete the EMR migration survey by February 25, 2015: Executive directors, lead physicians, board chairs and QIDSS are all invited to complete the survey. Migrating from one EMR to another is a challenge no team takes lightly. This survey is intended to compile the experiences of AFHTO members so that all can learn from your experiences. We hope this might ease the transitions for teams planning to change EMRs.

What do you think?

We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members. See the D2D page on AFHTO’s website for more information.

Data to Decisions eBulletin #4 – Feb 5, 2015

The D2D eBulletin has moved to a dedicated distribution list. You are signed up to receive future issues. If you’d like to opt out of receiving the eBulletin, please indicate this using the ‘unsubscribe’ option at the bottom of this e-mail. All those not on the distribution list can sign-up for future eBulletins by clicking here. Please forward this to interested members of your team to give them the opportunity to receive the latest updates.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

Indicator selection: The indicators proposed for D2D 2.0 are under consideration by the QIDS Steering Committee and will be released to members, probably in the next ebulletin (Feb 19) if not before! D2D 2.0 data submission and presentation tool: A prototype of the tool for teams to submit data to D2D 2.0 will be available to QIDSS for testing in mid-to-late February.  Contact Puja Ahluwalia or Greg Mitchell for more information.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Improving quality of clinical data in EMRs: Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) hosted the first of four or five regional sessions this week with QIDSS and the CCO Regional Primary Care Leads, supporting improvements in the quality of cancer screening data in EMRs and the progress in cancer screening efforts. Next week, QIDSS and leaders from CPCSSN and EMRALD are joining forces to extend the logic from CPCSSN/EMRALD case definitions to queries that AFHTO members can use in their own EMRs, even if they are not part of CPCSSN or EMRALD. Contact Carol Mulder for more information about either initiative. Automating patient experience surveys: AFHTO is inviting quotes for a service for members that will take much of the work out of administering patient experience surveys, while at the same time will increase the consistency of both the content and process for the surveys.  Please see the Request For Quotes on the web site for more details. Tool kit to help you recruit summer students: A tool kit that will assist AFHTO members on recruiting summer students for EMR data cleaning projects will be available in the next few weeks on the AFHTO members-only website. It is based on input from QIDSS and AFHTO members who have had success with this in the past.

 Other news about manageable meaningful measurement

Success!! Accessing clinical data in PSS: Almost overnight, nearly 50 AFHTO members have taken up a new tool to extract data from any custom forms in PS, something that was not possible for teams to do previously. The tool emerged from the Innovation project developed by the East Wellington FHT and has spread like wildfire via the QIDSS.  As a result, Dr. Kevin Samson and Hope Latam (QIDSS) have been invited to present their work on this to the national Practice Solutions (PS) forum this spring. To learn more about this story click here. Interested AFHTO members can find out more from Marg Leyland. Physician Leadership Council: AFHTO is pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the Physician Leadership Council (PLC) that took place on January 28^th. The newly created PLC plays a significant role in enabling physician leaders from across the province to provide a sounding board on FHT-related matters and give advice to the AFHTO board and staff as needed. For the first time physician leaders now have a platform to create a collective impact that can optimize FHT value, function and operations. Click here for the draft Terms of Reference and membership listing. Contact Bryn Hamilton for more information on the discussion and decisions. Effective Governance for Quality in Primary Care Workshops: An evidence-based training program for FHTs and NPLCs, delivered by peer leaders from these organizations will be offered in two workshops this March. The sessions are intended for board members, executive directors and quality improvement leaders in AFHTO’s member organizations. If you would like to attend one of these two workshops or for more information, click here. Patient-doctor partnership composite indicator development:  In order to develop a tool to measure the indicator, a draft patient questionnaire will be tested among QIDSS in the upcoming weeks and will be available to interested parties to try after that. Contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details. EMR migration survey to be completed by executive directors, lead physicians, board chairs and QIDSS by February 25, 2015: Migrating from one EMR to another is a challenge no team takes lightly.  This survey is intended to compile the experiences of AFHTO members so that all can learn from the experiences of those who have gone before.  We hope this might ease the transitions for those teams planning to change EMRs.

What do you think?

We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to it. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form, a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca. What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members.  See the D2D page on AFHTO’s web site for more information

Data to Decisions eBulletin #3 – Jan 22, 2015

The D2D eBulletin is moving to a dedicated distribution list. You are signed up to receive future issues, if you’d like to opt out of receiving the eBulletin, an ‘unsubscribe’ option will be provided in the next issue. All those not on AFHTO’s distribution list can sign-up for future eBulletins by clicking here. Please forward this to interested members of your team to give them the opportunity to receive the latest updates What is D2D? Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members.  D2D 2.0 is the second iteration of the report, tentatively planned for May 2015.  See the D2D page on AFHTO’s web site for more information about D2D and manageable meaningful measurement.  See below for updates about D2D and opportunities for you to be part of the process. The bulletins are being released every other Thursday. They capture important developments emerging from the AFHTO members across the province and shared through the weekly QIDS Specialist web conferences.  Past issues are posted on the QIDS Program page of AFHTO’s members only web site to make it easier for you to find all the relevant information related to D2D in one place.  For more information, please contact improve@afhto.ca.

Contributing to D2D 2.0

LAST DAY REMINDER!! Complete the indicator selection survey by Jan 23, 2015: Please review the instructions for working with your team to provide input about which indicators should be included in D2D 2.0. QIDS steering committee meeting Feb 10, 2015: The committee will decide on the indicators to be included in D2D 2.0 from the results of the survey, among other things. Construction underway for D2D 2.0 data submission and presentation tool: A small team of QIDSS and AFHTO staff are working with a technical service provider to develop a user-friendly sustainable tool for data submission and presentation.  Contact Puja Ahluwalia or Greg Mitchell for more information.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Improving quality of clinical data in EMRs: Over the next 2 months, QIDSS are participating in two initiatives to advance their collective efforts to increase consistency of clinical data capture and/or extraction.

1. The first involves a small team of QIDSS and leaders from CPCSSN and EMRALD collaborating to expand and implement the work of the algorithm team which has been attempting to extend the logic from the CPCSSN/EMRALD case definitions to EMR queries.
2. The second initiative is a series of regional sessions sponsored by CCO.  The goal is to facilitate collaboration between QIDSS and their respective CCO primary care leads in improving the quality of cancer screening data in EMRs and support improvements in cancer screening efforts.

Contact Carol Mulder for more information about either initiative.

Other news about manageable meaningful measurement

Leadership opportunities: Thanks for volunteering!!  AFHTO is in the process of connecting with those who will be filling the vacancies in the Physician Leadership council, the QIDS steering committee, Indicators Working Group, the D2D advisory panel and the EMR Data Management subcommittee.  Thanks in advance for your time and commitment. Patient-doctor partnership composite indicator development: Work continues with Patients Canada, QIDSS and others to develop a tool to measure the patient-doctor partnership.  The tool is intended to be available to interested parties to try possibly by March 2015. See project outline or contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details 7 Innovation Projects to inspire you: Check out the findings from the innovation projects funded by the QIDS program for ideas that are already spreading across the membership to improve capacity for measurement and improvement.

What do you think?

We hope you find value in the D2D eBulletin and will continue to subscribe to this newsletter. If you’d like to opt out of receiving it, an ‘unsubscribe’ option will be provided in the next issue. Other members of your team can sign up by clicking here. Once they complete the sign-up form a confirmation e-mail will be sent within 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca.

This is the second issue of the Data to Decisions (D2D) eBulletin. It will be released biweekly to keep members up-to-date on using manageable and meaningful measurement in your work, and how to participate in Data to Decisions 2.0 (D2D 2.0), tentatively planned for May 2015. The first issues of the bulletin will be sent to all AFHTO member contacts to allow members to judge whether they want to sign up to receive the bulletin on an ongoing basis.  Please forward the eBulletin to interested members of your team. We will be introducing the “sign-up” process for this eBulletin in the next issue.  In the future, only those who “sign-up” will continue to receive the eBulletin. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mailing improve@afhto.ca.

Data to Decisions eBulletin #2 – Jan 8, 2015

Data to Decisions (D2D) is a member-wide summary of performance on indicators that are both possible for members to measure and that are meaningful to members.  D2D 2.0 is the second iteration of the report.  See the D2D page on AFHTO’s web site for more information about D2D and manageable meaningful measurement.  See below for updates about D2D and opportunities for you to be part of the process. The bulletins will be released every other Thursday. They will capture important developments emerging from the AFHTO members across the province and shared through the weekly QIDS Specialist web conferences.  Past issues will be posted on the QIDS Program page of AFHTO’s members only web site to make it easier for you to find all the relevant information related to D2D in one place.  For more information, please contact improve@afhto.ca

Contributing to D2D 2.0

REMINDER!! Complete the indicator selection survey by Jan 23, 2015.  Please review the instructions for working with your team to provide input about which indicators should be included in D2D 2.0.  The survey was released Dec 15, 2015 and is due Jan 23, 2015. Preliminary data dictionary for D2D 2.0: Please check out the preliminary data dictionary describing potential indicators for D2D 2.0.  It is now posted on the D2D web page.  Indicators Working Group meeting Jan 13, 2015: The group will discuss D2D report design and communication strategies among other things.

Using D2D 1.0 to improve data quality and care

Custom Query to extract data from forms in PS: A large and growing proportion of teams using PSS are taking advantage of this new data extraction functionality developed through the East Wellington FHTs Innovation Project. The query is simple to use and can be installed without cost. Click here for details Custom Queries details. To register for installation or get further information, please contact Marg Leyland.

Other news about manageable meaningful measurement

Leadership opportunities: the call for volunteers closes TOMORROW (Jan 9, 2015)! Please consider volunteering for one of the leadership roles in advancing manageable meaningful measurement. QIP Reports now available online: Health Quality Ontario has just released reports summarizing the quality improvement plans (QIPs) submitted this year by health care organizations across Ontario. Click here for the primary care report and click here for additional QIP resources. Patient-doctor partnership composite indicator development: Patients Canada will be working with AFHTO over the coming weeks to contribute patient input to the patient-doctor partnership composite indicator, one of the core components of meaningful measurement aligned with the Starfield principles.   See project outline or contact Puja Ahluwalia for more details

What do you think?

We will be introducing the “sign-up” process for this eBulletin in the next issue.  Please forward the eBulletin to interested members of your team. In the future, only those who “sign-up” will continue to receive the eBulletin. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions about the eBulletin, please let us know by e-mail to improve@afhto.ca.