Data to Decisions: Advancing Primary Care

Data to Decisions: Advancing Primary Care is a membership-wide report on performance in primary care. It helps local teams see where they stack up against their peers on a small number of measures. QIDS Specialist Host & Partnership Forum: The September 1st, 2015 forum was attended by over 90 QIDS specialists and QIDS specialist host and […]

Data to Decisions eBulletin #13 – June 11, 2015

Be there for the launch of D2D 2.0: Orientation webinars on June 18, 2015, register now. Tell us how your team works together to improve primary care: Complete the pre-D2D survey by June 18, 2015 to add your voice to the AFHTO story about teamwork. Do you really know what QIDSS can do? Watch the […]

Sign up for June 18 D2D 2.0 release webinar and check out the new QIDSS video

Over half of AFHTO’s membership has contributed data to D2D 2.0! June 18 is the report release date. Sign up for the webinars to learn how to navigate the report and see how you compare to your peers.  In the meantime, Executive Directors will be invited to complete a pre-D2D 2.0 survey. This survey will help […]

Do you really know what QIDSS can do? Watch the Video for ideas

This short video highlights a just few of the activities QIDSS (Quality Improvement Decision Support Specialists) provide but not all of the range of skills and competencies that can be taken advantage of. QIDSS are flexible. They do different activities for diverse teams depending on where the team is on their Quality Improvement (QI) journey.  It’s […]

EMR queries for D2D 2.0

EMR queries to assist members to participate in D2D 2.0 Childhood Immunization Data Telus PS EMR: If your team is billing for vaccines and documenting them in the IMMU field in the patient profile, the Preventive Care Summary report can be used. If this is not the case, you might consider using the searches (.srx files) […]

Data to Decisions eBulletin #12 – May 28, 2015

EXTENDED deadline: D2D data submission due JUNE 1, 2015 Click here for data submission instructions and here for webinar recording or contact Greg Mitchell. EMR queries to collect data for D2D core indicators Click here to access queries for childhood immunization and EMR data quality or contact Marg Leyland. Want to know more about the […]

Patient Contact System – Pilot Project

The goal of this project is to make it easier for teams to administer ongoing, consistent, patient experience surveys and otherwise engage patients in their care in meaningful ways. 10 teams are currently piloting the system. For more information check out the pilot project announcement and the FAQs or contact Marg Leyland. Keep an eye on […]