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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Coordinated performance measurement and improvement efforts in California's safety net systems: early experience and lessons
Authors:
Urmimala Sarkar, David Lown, Sara Ackerman, Courtney Lyles, Gato Gourley, Dean Schillinger, Margaret A Handley
Published in:
Implementation Science
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Safety-net health systems often lack incentives and resources to support performance measurement and improvement activities. The California Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) is a pay-for-performance initiative that incentivizes the state's public health care systems to improve quality of care. Health system participants must report on metrics in both inpatient and outpatient settings. To enhance DSRIP participants' capacity to engage in (1) best practices to improve quality of care and (2) reporting of DRSIP-required metrics, the California Association of Public Hospitals and UCSF established the Public Healthcare systems Evidence Network and Innovation eXchange (PHoENIX), with funding from AHRQ. PHoENIX priorities are meeting the HEDIS Medicare PPO 90th percentile thresholds for mammography screening (76.6%) and cholesterol control (LDL-C) for diabetes (<100 mg/dl, 62.2%). …