Team Based Care Combining Team Based Care and Technology to Improve Quality and Transform Healthcare to Improve Blood Pressure Control Wednesday February 12th, 12 Noon Improving Health for Populations & Communities South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care Christopher H. Tashjian, MD, FAAFP HIT fellow using the EHR and practice innovations to increase participation in the Million Hearts Initiative and improve performance on the Million Hearts goal Chief Medical Advisor WHITEC

Active Decision to Improve Care We changed our overall thinking from: ◦ It’s a physician problem To ◦ It’s a team challenge

What does that mean? Physicians had to give up TOTAL ownership Staff had to be trained to understand the problem ◦ Nurses ◦ Lab ◦ Care Co-ordinators ◦ Front Office

What does that mean? (Part II) My patients are my partner’s patients My partner’s patients are my patients Every visit is a hypertension visit!

MU and MH built into the patient visit Using basic EHR functionality and performing common tasks can meet MU and Million Hearts goals Continuous Quality improvement Privacy & Security Patient & Family Engagement

Stage 1: Data capture and patient access Stage 2: Information exchange and care coordination Stage 3: Improved outcomes Stages of Meaningful Use

Million Hearts® National initiative co-led by CDC and CMS Partners across federal and state agencies and private organizations 7 Goal: Prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in 5 years Goal: Prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in 5 years

Heart Disease and Stroke Leading Killers in the United States Cause 1 of every 3 deaths More than 2 million heart attacks and strokes each year –800,000 deaths –Leading cause of preventable death in people <65 –$444B in health care costs and lost productivity –Treatment costs are ~$1 for every $6 spent Greatest contributor to racial disparities in life expectancy Roger VL, et al. Circulation. 2012;125:e2-e220. Heidenriech PA, et al. Circulation. 2011;123:933–4.

Key Components of Million Hearts™ COMMUNITY PREVENTION Changing the context CLINICAL PREVENTION Optimizing care Focus on ABCS Health information technology Clinical innovations TRANS FAT

Million Hearts – Provider Goals 10

Clinical Prevention Optimizing Quality, Access, and Outcomes Focus on the ABCS Simple, uniform set of measures Data collected or extracted in the workflow of care Link performance to incentives NQF#0064Comprehensive Diabetes Care: LDL-C Control <100 mg/dL NQF#0018Controlling High Blood Pressure NQF#0075Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Complete Lipid Profile and LDL-C Control <100 mg/dL NQF#0068Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic NQF#0028Preventive Care & Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening & Cessation Intervention

Getting to Goal InterventionBaselineTarget Clinical target A spirin for those at high risk 47%65%70% B lood pressure control 46%65%70% C holesterol management 33%65%70% S moking cessation 23%65%70% Sodium reduction ~ 3.5 g/day20% reduction Trans fat reduction ~ 1% of calories50% reduction Unpublished estimates from Prevention Impacts Simulation Model (PRISM). 12

Low Tech Low Tech

HIGH TECH First Take Data from EHR and Export to Excel

Excel to Access Database

Generate Patient Lists

Use of Filters

Patient Scorecards

Provider Scorecards

Results! In just four years, Ellsworth Medical Clinic reported the following improvements in blood pressure control: ◦ Among patients with diabetes, hypertension control increased from 73% to 97% (2007–2011) ◦ Among patients with cardiovascular disease, BP control increased from 68% to 97% (2007– 2011) ◦ Currently as of December 2012 ALL patients with hypertension controlled at 90%

Percentage (%) of Patients in Control by Category November 2013 Review CategoryIn ControlTotal PatientsPercent BP % Hgb A1c % LDL % ASA % Tobacco % Total Patients in Control % August 2013 Review CategoryIn ControlTotal PatientsPercent BP % Hgb A1c % LDL % ASA % Tobacco % Total Patients in Control % Current progress

Saves 417 Hearts, 72 Legs & 745 Pairs of Eyes Each Year! 32,747 members with diabetes, in one health plan, in 2012 suffered 417 fewer heart attacks, 72 fewer leg amputations and 745 people did not experience eye complications compared to what would have happened to the same 32,747 plus members in

For our Patients – We have a Million Hearts

This Year River Falls is a Million Hearts Finalist!

The Difference it Makes – Ask our Patients!

It Takes Teamwork!

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Resources Vital Signs: Where’s the Sodium? Vital Signs: Getting Blood Pressure Under Control Team Up. Pressure Down. Community Guide: Team-Based Care SDOH Workbook: Promoting Health Equity, a Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health Program Guide for Public Health: Partnering with Pharmacists in the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Pharmacist_Guide.pdf Pharmacist_Guide.pdf Data Trends & Maps

A Different Way to Look at Quality? Previous simvastatin labelNew simvastatin label Avoid simvastatin with: Itraconazole Ketoconazole Erythromycin Clarithromycin Telithromycin HIV protease inhibitors Nefazodone Contraindicated with simvastatin: Itraconazole Ketoconazole Posaconazole (New) Erythromycin Gemfibrozil Clarithromycin Cyclosporine Telithromycin Danazol HIV protease inhibitors Nefazodone Do not exceed 10 mg simvastatin daily with: Gemfibrozil Cyclosporine Danazol Do not exceed 10 mg simvastatin daily with: Amiodarone Verapamil Diltiazem (Note: These drugs are contraindicated with Simcor as Simcor is only available with 20 mg or 40 mg of simvastatin.) Do not exceed 20 mg simvastatin daily with: Amiodarone Verapamil Do not exceed 20 mg simvastatin daily with: Amlodipine (New) Ranolazine (New) Do not exceed 40 mg simvastatin daily with: Diltiazem Avoid large quantities of grapefruit juice (>1 quart daily)Avoid large quantities of grapefruit juice (>1 quart daily

What We Found Simvastatin Dose Total Number AmiodaroneAmlodipineVerapamilDiltiazem ,000 Total Patients in all 3 clinics OtherItraco nazole Ketoco nazole Posaco nazole Erythro mycin Clarithr omycin Telithro mycin Nefaza done Gemfi brozil Dan azol

Be BOLD!

For More Information contact: Chris Tashjian, MD, FAAFP Ellsworth Medical Clinic