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How data can improve health care What we don’t know can hurt us

How data can improve health care What we don’t know can hurt us. Gov 2.0 September 10, 2009 Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The current conundrum. Rising costs a serious threat

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How data can improve health care What we don’t know can hurt us

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  1. How data can improve health careWhat we don’t know can hurt us Gov 2.0 September 10, 2009 Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

  2. The current conundrum • Rising costs a serious threat Medicare Trust Fund – runs dry 2017 Cost of family coverage projected to double ($12,298 to $23,842 by 2020) Two million Americans affected by medical bankruptcy each year • Barriers Fear of rationing, of change, that lower cost = lower quality Ignorance of where the money’s going in health care of how to do better Data can help: four examples Regional variations in spending and quality: where’s the waste? Identifying high-performing systems -- from whom we can learn Supporting change in clinical practice Motivating change in health systems

  3. Per-capita Medicare SpendingTrends: 1992 to 2006 Annual GrowthRate US Avg 3.5 Miami 5.0 E. Long Island 4.0 Boston 3.0 San Francisco 2.4 Salem, OR 2.3 Source: Slowing the Growth of Health Care Spending: Lessons from Regional Variation. Fisher, Skinner, Bynum, New England Journal of Medicine, February 26, 2009

  4. What does higher spending buy? More “supply-sensitive services” Not better care orbetter outcomes (1) Fisher et al. Ann Intern Med: 2003; 138: 273-298 (2) Baicker et al. Health Affairs web exclusives, October 7, 2004 (3) Fisher et al. Health Affairs, web exclusives, Nov 16, 2005 (4) Skinner et al. Health Affairs web exclusives, Feb 7, 2006 (5) Sirovich et al Ann Intern Med: 2006; 144: 641-649 (6) Fowler et al. JAMA: 299: 2406-2412

  5. Moving forwardAddressing the underlying causes of rising costs, poor quality Underlying problem Key principles Lack of support for improvement, care management and coordination. Local organizational support: Develop virtual or real integrated systems to support practice. Local accountability: Fosteraccountability for total costs – and capacity at local level. Failure to recognize role of localsystem (e.g. capacity) as cost-driver. Assumption that more is better.Equating less care with rationing. Measurement: Comprehensive performance measures: outcomes, patient experience. Payment system that rewards morecare, increased capacity, high margintreatments, entrepreneurial behavior. Payment reform: foster accountability for capacity – and behavior: capitation or global shared savings.

  6. Data on regional performanceMarked variations highlight opportunities to improve “How do they do that?”conference Portland, ME Sayre, PA Richmond, VA Asheville, NC Tallahassee, FL Everett, WA Sacramento, CA La Crosse, WI Cedar Rapids, IA Temple, TX Lighter colors = lower spending

  7. Benchmarks of efficiencyPotential savings from achieving high performance “How do they do that?”conference Portland, ME Sayre, PA Richmond, VA Asheville, NC Tallahassee, FL Everett, WA Sacramento, CA La Crosse, WI Cedar Rapids, IA Temple, TX Lighter colors = lower spending

  8. How do they do that?Some preliminary insights • Common elements across regions Shared aims; “accountable” to the community; Physician engagement as leaders; support for professional values Strong primary care foundation Use of data to support work; professional feedback; peer review • Data feedback – a critical component Organizational accountability – integrated systems to support feedback Data itself – actual performance of providers

  9. Data to improve qualitySupport for process management Intermountain Health Care Focus on managing defined clinical populations Care pathways defined by multi-disciplinary team Protocols implemented through EHR with process, outcome tracking and feedback Scientific review / updating on monthly basis. Ch 7. BC James, JS Lazar. A health system’s use of clinical programs to build quality infrastructure. In: Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Second Edition. EC Nelson, PB Batalden, JS Lazar, Eds.

  10. Data to address variationsPartners Healthcare Impact of Individualized Feedback and Education. Baseline variation in ordering Physician level (n = 117) Low: 0.0% High: 24.6% Practice level (n = 10) Low: 1.0% High: 8.1% Stafford RS Am J Heart 2003, 145:979-85.

  11. Data to address variationsPartners Healthcare May 29, 2008 Presentation at Federal Trade CommissionTom Lee, MD (Partners Healthcare System) (with permission)

  12. And, perhaps, to stimulate changeMcAllen vs El Paso

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