Needs Assessment & Action Tools

Strategies for Leadership Self Assessment - 2006 - Fill this survey out on line and submit on line by clicking the "submit" button located at the bottom of the last page of the survey.

Culture of Patient Safety Survey (CoPS)

Review of Your Executive Summary Report and Core Measure Data for Your Hospital
(you will need your GHA login and password to access this area of the website)

FLEX Grant Performance Improvement Worksheet for CAHs - 2006

• Fill this survey out on line, print survey, sign and fax to: (770) 249-4591, Attention: Jackie Childers

CARE Data services - Once contracts have been returned to Debbie Schmitz, access to services will be activated

2006 Orientation for CARE Products Webinar

• Training Flyer
• Meeting Materials

Grant Information

Grant Responsibilities document

GHAREF and the Center for Rural Health were awarded money from the FLEX program to assist CAHs with quality improvement and physician peer review. The Center builds upon previous Flex grant-funded quality improvement programs by providing direct technical assistance and consultation in the use of performance data for certain required Medicare and state functions. These requirements are related to peer review, credentialing, privileging, quality management and safety improvement activities.

Georgia CAHs say that they had fewer opportunities from their support hospitals for working together to improve quality. The Center will work with CAHs to identify common needs, promote collaboration, and facilitate shared learning for better use of scarce resources. The use of web-based technology will give CAHs access to quality and safety data to identify opportunities to improve safety and outcomes. The Med Eval module will also provide physician-level data useful to the peer review and credentialing process.

Because of few physicians on staff, CAHs have a difficult time conducting peer-review. The data from Med Eval provides an objective screening device for determining potential peer-review, credentialing or privileging issues. Working with the Center medical advisor, local CAH peer review committees will review data and identify issues. Med Eval also identifies "best practice" physicians for shared learning of strategies leading to good outcomes and ways to increase the adoption of evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines.

Peer Review, Credentialing, and Privileging

More details to come

Upcoming Events

TELNET - Current Peer Review Practices, Washington State (date, time)

In-Person - CARE Training session, 2 locations: Atlanta & Tifton

Links to Other Presentations:

Overview of the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals Hospitals & Critical Access Hospitals (from 03/01/06)

• Adobe PDF Version
• Powerpoint Version