AtlantiCare Greatest Hits Book

Best Quality continued

• Radiology CT scan (Computerized Tomography) successfully implemented the National Dose Index Registry, which tracks patient radiation doses for CT procedures. • Emergency Medical Services and Neuroscience Program launched a home visit pilot for stroke patients to prevent readmissions. • City Emergency Department and Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) collaborated for a process of direct bedding for critical care patients. • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is the only Advanced Life Support program in the state to utilize ventilators for pre-hospital use care. • AtlantiCare Physician Group (APG) successfully completed year one of both CPC+ (Comprehensive Primary Care Plus) and merit- based incentive payment system (MIPS). • AtlantiCare Physician Group (APG) implemented the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Coordinator program to support Medicare annual wellness visits. • AtlantiCare Physician Group (APG achieved 75 percent target for big dot access goal for primary care and specialty care visits within seven days. • AtlantiCare Physician Group (APG) achieved Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) certification at its 13 Urgent Care Centers. • The Special Care Center (SCC) hosted visitors from Singapore’s largest hospital system to share successful methods of value-based purchasing services in an ambulatory setting. • ARMC achieved Elite status from the American College of Physicians for the internal medicine program. • ARMC launched a web-based educational program in collaboration with the American Medical Association which targets physician performance and quality work. • Oncology continued its participation in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center’s Oncology Care Model (OCM), which focuses on care coordination, appropriateness and access for Medicare beneficiaries receiving chemotherapy. • Neurosciences redesigned Acute Stroke Protocol in December 2017, extending the window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke to 16 to 24 hours. • TheWound Healing Centers were awarded the Center of Distinction and Robert A. Warriner Center of Excellence Awards for excellence in key performance indicators. • The Bariatric program continues to maintain the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). • ARMC developed an anticoagulation protocol to safely hold, bridge, and re-start anticoagulation for patients needing interventional radiology (IR) procedures. • ARMC Mainland relocated its transesophagael echocardiograph (TEE) into the cardiac unit for better patient outcomes and more reliable communication. • The Pharmacy department created and operationalized a Pharmacy Drug Shortage Team, a drug shortage policy, held drug shortage biweekly huddles, and distributed medication alert website notices, resulting in successfully maintaining primary or alternative medication options during many challenging national shortages. • ARMC achieved the Leapfrog benchmark target of 95 percent for bar coded medication administration (BMCA). • The Pharmacy department led the organization’s 2017 Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) focused on opioid and CDS medications risk points. • City Campus Critical Care collaborated with Gift of Life for 19 organ and 17 tissue donors.

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