Conversation with the Experts — A Participants' Perspective - 2021 Quality Summit presentation (Non-CE)-Conversation with the Experts: A Participants’ Perspective

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In this video, Clinical Quality Advisors Kristen Young and Denise Pond host a session titled "A Conversation with the Experts" as part of the Quality Summit. The experts featured in the session are participants from NCDR registries across the United States. The session focuses on physician engagement, documentation challenges, data sharing, and preparation for version updates in the registries.<br /><br />The experts discuss various strategies for improving physician engagement, such as attaching monetary consequences to measure fails and creating updated forms and templates for documentation. They also emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration and the involvement of stakeholders in reviewing and using data. The experts share their experiences with meetings, including weekly calls, monthly quality meetings, and face-to-face conferences, where they discuss data, metrics, and recommendations for improving patient care.<br /><br />The challenges faced by third-party vendors in obtaining necessary documentation from physicians are also highlighted. Suggestions are made to incorporate smart phrases and templates into the electronic health record system to streamline documentation and abstraction processes.<br /><br />Overall, the session provides valuable insights into how NCDR participants navigate data abstraction, quality improvement, and the use of registries to enhance patient care. The experts' perspectives and experiences offer guidance and best practices for other participants in the NCDR registries.

Keywords

physician engagement

documentation challenges

data sharing

NCDR registries

multidisciplinary collaboration

improving patient care

electronic health record system

abstraction processes