Texas Association of Community Health Centers 23rd Annual Conference

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Texas Association of Community Health Centers
23rd Annual Conference Houston, Texas October
17, 2006
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Demographics

• Located in San Antonio, Texas
• Predominantly serves residents in South San
  Antonio at 17 different sites
• Currently utilize PECS for reporting of both
  Diabetes and Cancer Collaborative at 8 sites with
  22 Medical Providers
• Currently 2,694 patients diagnosed with Diabetes
• 170,315 encounters per year
• Population served
• 45,428 Unduplicated persons served in 2005
• 38,148 Medical Users
• 7,995 Dental Users
• 6,312 Mental Health
• 84.5 Hispanic American
• 71.6 Uninsured

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Making Data Work

• Performance Improvement Indicators
• Improvement of outcomes with use of PDSA cycles
• Focus clinics for patient follow-up
• Patient recalls
• Reports provided to grantors/identification of
  need
• Future of Reporting

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Performance Improvement Committee
(PIC) Responsible for coordinating and
integrating all performance improvement efforts
within the community health center, including the
Bureau of Primary Health Cares Clinical Outcomes
Measures. Reports to the Board of Directors on
its own activities.
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Performance Improvement Indicators

• Committee reviews registry summary reports (RSR)
• Annual indicators established

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• Improvement of Outcomes PDSA cycles

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE OF THIS CYCLE To improve
tracking of all Family Practice patients referred
to the dentist from South Park Medical.
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Focus Clinics and Patient Recalls

• Focus Clinics HgA1c gt10, Dental, Podiatry,
  Retinal Referrals, EKG Clinics, Lab Clinic
• Patient Recalls Patients with No Visit Within
  12 months, Annual Mammogram, Annual Flu Drive

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Reports Provided to Grantors/Identification of
Needs

• Methodist Health Care Ministries
• TDSHS Diabetic Eye Disease Program
• Texas Diabetes Institute
• Breast Cervical Cancer Control

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Future of Reporting at CentroMed
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Future of Reporting at CentroMed
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Internal Audits

• Health Care Plan Indicators
• Collaborative Reports
• Outcome Indicator Reports (Performance
  Improvement)
• Grantors Audits (Tittle XX, BCCC)
• Immunization Audits (MetroHealth)

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Changing Practice, Changing Lives
Christine Tello Acosta, RN,BSN, Diabetes
Educator, Collaborative Team Leader 210-924-7396
ext. 5138 cacosta.cdb_at_tachc.org