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 Measures Matter Workshop

 

Healthcare organizations often find that selecting and effectively using performance measures is a daunting task. Beyond metrics mandated by CMS and other external stakeholders, healthcare leaders are faced with a bewildering array of measures to consider. The result is often a "measure whatever moves" approach, which diffuses focus and hinders alignment in the organization.

There are common elements within effective measurement systems that high performing health care organizations take advantage of to drive improvement and create organizational alignment. This workshop will help participants understand these principles and apply them to their unique environment.

Workshop Scheduled: May 6
  8 a.m.-Noon
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The workshop will address three key topics essential to an effective performance measurement system:
1. Key Measures
• Why it is essential to focus on key measures
• What are they and how to identify them; how to use strategy to align measures throughout the organization

2. Evaluation of Results
• Analysis methods including statistical significance and Baldrige evaluation factors
• Effective use of comparisons and benchmarking

3. How to Use Measurement Tools to Drive Decision Making, Improve Performance and Create Strategic Line of Sight
• The process of performance review: who reviews, where, how often
• Use of dashboards and balanced scorecards; elements of an effective one
• Deploying measurement: tools to create strategic line of sight


  

As an independent chartered Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Iowa Association of Healthcare Leaders is authorized to award 4 hours of Category II continuing education credit toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for Category II (non-ACHE) credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

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IRPE Examiner Training starts Aug. 12 in Des Moines and Aug. 17 in Cedar Rapids. 

 
 

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