Poster Presentation Using Technology to Improve Quality Metric Adherence #ASCOQLTY

Using Technology to Improve Quality Metric Adherence

Paul Jacobsen, PhD¹; Michele Gaguski, MSN, RN, AOCN, CHPN, APN²; Kathryn A. Thomas, BSN, RN, OCN, CCRP²; Amanda Hathaway, MD³; Karina I Halilova, MD, MPH³; Carrie T Stricker, PhD, NP⁴; Karen Hammelef, DNP, RN⁴; Sarahlena L Panzer, BS⁴; Douglas W. Blayney, MD⁵; Gabrielle Rocque, MD³

¹MoffittCancerCenter (Tampa,FL); ²Atlanticare Cancer Care Institute(EggHarborTownship,NJ); ³University of Alabama Birmingham (Birmingham, AL);⁴Carevive Systems, Inc. (Miami, FL); ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)

Background

• Many barriers to adherence to quality standards exist, including patient, provider, and system barriers to delivery and documentation of timely, evidence-based care
• Gaps s in clinician knowledge about care standards likely contribute to non-adherence

Method

Prior to an intervention study, providers completed a questionnaire assessing their knowledge about, and ability to influence institutional attainment of, select QOPI metrics. Providers’ ability to influence meeting each of 9 QOPI metrics was measured on a 1-4 scale from “not at all” to “significantly” able to influence. Providers also identified barriers to meeting each metric.

Conclusions

The most frequently cited barriers to meeting study-specific quality metrics included lack of a) current knowledge/latest evidence and, b) time to assess/manage. Employing methods to address these barriers may improve quality care. In part 2 of this study providers engage with the Carevive Care Planning System, designed to address these barriers by assessing patient needs at the point of care and providing evidence-based recommendations for treatment.

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