AtlantiCare 2021 Report to the Boards

2021 Greatest Hits

Best Quality

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• Achieved targeted benchmark for year-end result through Hierarchical Conditional Category (HCC) coding improvement initiative. • Enhanced the myatlanticare.org site to facilitate health engagement outreach and tracking efforts. • Implemented Camera Capture, a solution that allows the clinical staff to upload images, such as wounds, in the Electronic Health record, thereby assisting with accurate documentation. • Implemented T-DOC sterile tray tracking at the Center for Orthopaedic Surgery. • Provided a USB encryption solution for additional security of data transfers. • Implemented Command Health Dictation/transcription solution at all AtlantiCare Surgery Centers. • Launched Excellence in Patient Care Campaign to focus on eight nursing quality metrics.

• Created partnerships between providers, nursing and medical residents for practice and education related to catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), central line bloodstream infection (CLABSI), sequential compression device (SCD) compliance and sepsis compliance and prevention. • Provided access to dialysis nurses to scan medications, specimens and blood products into Cerner in an effort to improve Leapfrog scores and metrics. • Increased hand-washing observations up to 200 observations per floor to meet Leapfrog scores and metrics. • Modified the way Chlorhexidine (CHG) body wash is ordered in Powerchart in an effort to reduce central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI). • Achieved goal of greater than 95% of assessments complete after screening positive for suicide prevention method. • Achieved goal of 65% ED staff completion of Crisis Prevention Intervention training. • Pantry at the PLEX served over 871 individuals who were food insecure. • Over 7,000 patients have been screened for social determinants using the PREPARE tool. • In November, Initiated transitions of care visits for high-risk discharge patients using the Virtualist Program. • The SnFist program is active in three Extended Care facilities resulting in decrease in readmissions and length of stay.

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