Million Hearts Initiative, 2015 IPC Intensive, Million Hearts

IPC INTENSIVE:  16 weeks long  Starts September 1, 2015  Ends December 15, 2015  12:30 pm to 1:30 pm ET  Tuesdays  Adobe Connect Sessions

AIM Intensives support IPC 2.0 through intense immersion in focused topics. Teams will participate in frequent calls, collect data, and collaborate with peers and subject matter experts to dramatically and rapidly accelerate improvement.

Objectives of the Intensive 1.Provide training in Million Hearts protocols and other evidence-based practice 2.Enhance communication and coordination of care support among team members 3.Develop regular, structured follow-up mechanisms to measure progress against Quantitative Goals 4.Harvest learning and disseminate improvement throughout the organization

Expectations for this Intensive  Complete pre-Intensive work  Meet for 1 hour every other week  Office hours every other week as needed  Complete assignments  Expected to share the good, bad, and ugly  Monthly data reporting  Function as a team

Schedule for the Bi-weekly Sessions with Office hours DateTopic Introduction to IPC Million Hearts Intensive Office hour: Identify Population of Focus Hypertension Management Protocol Implementation Office hour: EHR Reminders Office hour: No Agenda Blood Pressure Competency Office hour: Data Reporting Tobacco Cessation Best Practices Office hour: Aspirin Protocol Implementation Office hour Cholesterol Protocol Implementation Office hour Spread and Disseminate Protocols and Processes National team completes summary of best practices and lessons learned

Leading cause of Preventable Death in people 40 – 65 years of age American Indians and Alaska Natives die from heart diseases at younger ages than other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. 36% of those who die of heart disease die before age 65.

Measures  Choose one Provider with one panel of patients (care team)  Submit IPC Measure Template for this panel monthly (Just like when you were in the IPC Collaborative)  Continuously review Cardiovascular patients and arrange for ABCS  “Every visit is a Hypertensive visit”

Empaneled patients to track Focused attention on these patients within the panel:  Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD)  Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)  Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)  Percutaneous transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)  Hypertension  Cardiovascular Disease or Congestive Heart Disease

What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What change can we make that will result in improvement? Model for Improvement ActPlan StudyDo