BHA FPX 4106 Assessment 2 Benchmarks, Quality Measures, and Data Compatibility for a Documentation Review

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Capella University

BHA-FPX4106 Introduction to Managing Health Care Information

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Benchmarks, Quality Metrics, and Data Consistency in Documentation Evaluation

Introduction

Ensuring data compatibility presents a formidable hurdle for healthcare facilities, including our own, potentially hindering the documentation review process. Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems in other institutions, disparities between systems persist, mandating manual extraction and conversion of data into readable formats (Tong, 2012).

Data Consistency

The seamless access to comprehensive patient records is imperative to guarantee the compatibility of data from diverse origins with our office’s records. This necessitates compatible EHR systems and dependable computer networks adhering to standardized protocols (Tong, 2012). Data standardization serves as the linchpin for accurately comparing similar metrics across various sources. The Electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) systems are instrumental in achieving this standardization, facilitating the smooth integration of transferred data into recipients’ EHRs (HealthIT, 2019).

Benchmarks

The implementation of benchmarks is pivotal in standardizing data and enhancing patient care. For instance, the integration of electronically received lab results into our EHR streamlines the identification of patients necessitating follow-up, such as those with uncontrolled blood sugar (Williams, 2012).

BHA FPX 4106 Assessment 2 Benchmarks, Quality Measures, and Data Compatibility for a Documentation Review

Quality Metrics

Ensuring data standardization entails scrutinizing sources to confirm compatibility with internally collected data. To this end, a comparison will be made between quality metrics and data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparity Reports (NHQDR) on Diabetes Quality Measures Compared to Achievable Benchmarks against CMS-specified diabetes performance metrics (see attached Excel spreadsheet). These metrics encompass HbA1c control, blood pressure control, and cholesterol control, benchmarked by national percentages and trends over time (AHRQ, Year; CMS, Year).