RealinfoQA Technical Specifications

1. Data abstraction

  • Intelligent question presentation
  • Answer each question only once for all appropriate measures of each patient encounter.
  • Context sensitive links to the relevant locations in algorithms and data dictionaries from official specifications.
  • Annotated explanations of the path taken through algorithm diagrams.
  • Access all patient encounters you have uploaded, even those that are not in any population.
  • Correct coding errors and watch as population worklists are instantly updated.
  • Free-form notes field available for all data elements
  • Official data sources list available for all data elements
  • Assign clinician level accountability for any measure using these available roles:
    • Attending Physician
    • Admitting Physician
    • Referring Physician
    • Surgeon – Primary
    • Surgeon – Other
    • Physician – Other
    • Physician Assistant
    • Cardiologist
    • Pulmonary Physician
    • ED Physician
    • ED Nurse
    • Case Manager
  • Continuous real-time results and data entry validation for missing or conflicting information.
  • All supported data elements can be prefilled with your uploaded data.

 

2. Reporting/Analytics

  • Deliver plain English descriptions and prioritized failure analysis 
    to your physicians to maximize their time improving the process.
  • Multi-dimensional dashboard includes these dimensions:
    • Time
      • All
      • Year
      • Quarter
      • Month
      • Day
    • Location
      • National
      • State
      • Region
      • Hospital
    • Care
      • Measure Set
      • Measure
      • Strata
      • Compare up to 10 custom measure bundles over time

 

3. User Access

  • Multi-hospital access with a single login.
  • Compare and analyze performance between hospital group members.
  • Custom levels of access to features, on a per-hospital level. Typical roles include:
    • Data Abstractor
    • Advanced Data Abstractor
    • Executive
    • Data Uploader

4. Standard Available Measure Sets (Custom Measures Also Available)

 

  • National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures1

Version 3.2 - Inpatient Discharges 10-01-10(4Q10) through 03-31-11(1Q11)

AMI, HF, PN, SCIP, CAC, VTE, STK, ED, Prev

Version 3.3 - Inpatient Discharges 04-01-11(2Q11) through 12-31-11(4Q11)

AMI, HF, PN, SCIP, CAC, VTE, STK, ED, Prev

Version 4.0 - Inpatient Discharges 01-01-12(1Q12) through 06-30-12(2Q12)

AMI, HF, PN, SCIP, CAC 2, VTE*, STK, ED, IMM, TOB 2, SUB 2

 

  • Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures1

Version 2010B - Inpatient Discharges 10-01-10(4Q10) through 03-31-11(1Q11)

HBIPS, Perinatal Care

Version 2011A - Inpatient Discharges 04-01-11(2Q11) through 12-31-11(4Q11)

HBIPS, Perinatal Care

Version 2012A - Inpatient Discharges 01-01-12(1Q12) through 06-30-12(2Q12)

HBIPS2, Perinatal Care

 

  • Hospital Outpatient Department Quality Measures/Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting1

Version 3.1 – Encounter dates 07-01-10 (3Q10) through 12-31-10 (4Q10)

AMI, Chest Pain, Surgery

Version 4.0 – Encounter dates 01-01-11 (1Q11) through 06-30-11 (2Q11)

AMI, Chest Pain, Surgery

Version 4.1 – Encounter dates 07-01-11 (3Q11) through 12-31-11 (4Q11)

AMI, Chest Pain, Surgery

Version 5.0 – Encounter dates 01-01-12 (1Q12) through 06-30-12 (2Q12)

AMI, Chest Pain, ED-Throughput, Pain Management, Stroke, Surgery

 

1 Historical data can be loaded upon request from submitted XML files if available.

Abstraction only.

 

 



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