Vital Sounds 2023, Quarter 2

Vital Sounds 2023, Quarter 2

Quality Data Check: A No-Cost Benefit for Member Facilities

May 23, 2023

 

Quality Data Check: A No-Cost Benefit for Member Facilities

May 23, 2023

Connie Christian, MBA, CPHRM
Facility Risk Management & Patient Safety Advisor

Quality Data Check (QDC) is a risk management software that allows hospitals to confidentially report, investigate, and trend their risk and quality-related events.

A No-Cost KAMMCO Member Benefit

KAMMCO provides access to QDC at no cost to our small rural, critical access, and surgical hospital members. Currently, 63 of our facility members take advantage of this offer.

Meeting to Discuss QDC Capabilities

Earlier this month, Jason Friesen, President of Health Data Solutions, Inc. and creator of QDC, spoke to around 40 participants at a KAMMCO-sponsored breakfast ahead of the Kansas Association of Risk and Quality Management (KARQM) meeting in Lindsborg.

Jason reviewed the QDC platform, highlighting how it benefits facilities by providing risk management professionals with the tools to meaningfully collect and analyze data to lower a facility’s risk, prevent loss, and improve patient outcomes.

Some topics highlighted in Jason’s Talk include:

  • QDC Reports. QDC has reports crafted especially for risk managers, including risk management logs, report cards, trending graphs, and the KDHE Survey Log. This makes it easy to trend, identify problems, and monitor the impact of quality improvement.
  • QDC Virtual Forum. Forum participants can ask questions of one another, beginning conversations on topics such as sample policies and procedures, state, Joint Commission, and federal regulations, and advice on credentialing, documentation, and peer review.
  • Kansas Healthcare Facility Risk Management Plan. Using QDC helps facilities meet the state’s risk management plan requirements.

More Information

To learn more about Quality Data Check, visit the Health Data Solutions website at: https://healthdatasolutions.org/?page_id=8.

To discuss adding access to Quality Data Check to your facility, contact Shannon Haire, KAMMCO Vice President of Member Services, at 1-800-232-2259 or shaire@kammco.com.