Patient Safety/Quality
Global Trigger Tool shows that adverse events in Hospitals may be ten times greater than previously measured*
The annual cost of measurable medical errors is a $17.1 billion problem**
Anthelio's Clinical Informatics Methodology offers a defined and replicable approach to patient safety/quality. The areas covered within the Patient Safety and Quality Care offering include:
- Data collection methodology
- Error rate validation and classification
- Determination of the cost of medical errors
- Identification of high risk-high opportunity clinical settings
- Identifying target clinical conditions, procedures and high alert medications
- Application of Clinical Trigger Tool
- Automating Medication Safety Management within EHR’s
- Quality-Safety Governance/Formalizing a Patient Safety Department
- Mobilization of safety teams
- Assessment of clinicians having comprehensive patient information at the point of care/decision making
- Structured communication and well defined escalation processes
The ultimate end game is to preserve physician and clinician autonomy in practice, improve patient outcomes, and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs.
*Health Affairs: April 2011; McLassen et al; 30:4
**Health Affairs: April 2011; Van Den Bos et al; 30:4
