“Data is the foundation for our optimization efforts – helping transform the delivery of care within our ICUs,” said Dr. Pinckney McIlwain, chief medical officer of Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) in West Virginia. “Focusing on unnecessary ICU days has the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce payment penalties, create additional bed capacity, decrease patient holding time within the emergency department, optimize workflow and increase patient satisfaction – all while reducing cost pressures and creating additional savings. As we continue on this journey, data is fueling this initiative to understand our performance and ability to improve ICU and critical care delivery.”
Examples of success at Premier member health systems
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CAMC (Charleston, WV) has seen an overall reduction in length-of-stay within the ICU and Medical Intensive Care Unit by 1.15 days over a 21-month period and deferrals have decreased dramatically.
Mercy Health (Cincinnati, Ohio) streamlined changes across institutions and departments that touch ICU and critical care that would continue to enhance quality care. As a result, the system also generated $6.7 million in savings over a two-year period.
Inova Fairfax (Falls Church, Va.) launched a 90-Day Clinical Effectiveness Sprint focused on craniotomy patients and in a 10-month period, the team has seen patient readmissions to the ICU decrease by 54 percent, and the average length-of-stay for its neurological ICU reduce from 5.2 days to 2.1 days.
Premier’s Margin of Excellence reports provide a detailed view on cost and quality trends across the continuum, as well as share insights on evidence-based strategies and tools designed to tackle inefficiencies in healthcare, ranging from variation in clinical practices to resource utilization. The analyses tap Premier’s robust integrated database, PremierConnect®, linking clinical, financial and supply chain data. Results are leveraged by providers seeking to pinpoint areas of improvement by comparing their performance to national peer data.
Methodology
The ICU utilization analysis included data from 786 facilities based in 45 states, representing more than 20 million discharges over a five-year period (2011- 2016). Researchers reviewed charges within this data for ICU stays from within 128 MS-DRGs, which account for 80 percent of ICU use at these facilities.
About Premier Inc.
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,900 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 150,000 other providers and organizations. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare. Please visit Premier’s news and investor sites on www.premierinc.com; as well as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier’s blog for more information about the company.
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