Center to Advance Palliative Care

For Patients and Families
Partner
Sponsor
 
  Print this page
Views

CAPC Palliative Care Discussion Forum
Data Collection and Measurement

In Reply To: midas use
Next Reply: Re:Re:midas use
Next Message: Re:midas use

Post Re:midas use
Author: thelenm
Date: Jan 14, 2009 5:19 pm
We started our program in June 2008, so are a very young program. But I've been using Midas to collect data since fall of 2008 (and have entered the backlog of data from pts from June until fall). Our quality dept developed a "focus study" for me based on the pieces of data I wanted to collect, and now they can easily run monthly or quarterly reports for me. Some examples of data in the reports include: # of consults per month; medical specialties requesting consults; location of patients at time of consult and at time of discharge; LOS; ICU LOS; reason for initial consult; services provided or facilitated as a result of consult. The only drawback is that I'm the sole palliative care FTE at this point, so finding the time to do the data entry is a challenge. Soon I'm going to experiment with a retired RN volunteer here at the hospital helping me with data entry. Hope this helps!
Replies: order by [Date] [Author] [Subject]
Re:Re:midas use (by NAycock on 01/14/2009)
Thanks for your response. I would love to discuss this further with you. Please email me when you get a chance. My email address is naycock@stdom.com Thanks!
Re:Re:midas use (by lynceronsky on 01/14/2009)
Great work in finding a way to develop your report and thinking about the use of hopsital data systems to track data for your palliative care programs. Also consider submitting your program data to the new National Palliative Care Registry. This resource, created by CAPC and the National Palliative Care Research Center, will allow you to track your program structure and operations over time, and benchmark in the future with other programs. More infomration available at http://registry.capc.org.
Also, the December issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine includes an article on recommended metrics for consult services.
Lyn Ceronsky, Director, Palliative Care
PCLC Faculty
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

IMPORTANT: In order to post a new message or reply to an existing post in the discussion you must login. If you are not a registered member you may join here.
The statements posted in the forum section of capc.org are opinions expressed by website visitors and do not necessarily represent the viewpoints or positions of the Center to Advance Palliative Care(CAPC). CAPC is not responsible for the factual or legal accuracy of any of the statements posted.


General questions about using the CAPCconnect™ palliative care discussion forum? EmailPatricia.Caines@mssm.edu

Lost login username/password questions? Email: Margaret.Schutz@mssm.edu