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COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

California State University, Long Beach

Health Care Administration Program

HCA 450 - Quality Management/Improvement in Health Care Delivery

Semester Fall 2011

|Instructor: Rus Billimoria, MD, MPH, CPHQ |Class Number: 13310 (HCA 450) |

|E-mail: rbillimo@csulb.edu |Class Location: HSD Room # - 113 |

| |Class Meets: August 29 – December 9, 2011 |

|Office Hours: Mondays 6 - 7 pm |Mondays from 7 PM to 9:45 PM |

|(Please call for appointments) | |

| |Additional Contact Information: |

|Phone: (213) 694 1250 ext. 4274 |HCA Program Administrative Coordinator: Deby McGill, dmcgill@csulb.edu |

|Cell: (310) 508 1472 |Tel. 562/985-5694; fax 562/985-5886 |

Catalog Description

Prerequisites: HCA 402, and 465. (Please refer to details below)

Basic elements of quality improvement and organizational responsibilities related to quality improvement in health care delivery. Data analysis for quality improvement, clinical practice guidelines, and future of healthcare quality improvement strategies.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)

ADA Accommodation will be provided to any student who requests such, as defined by the ADA act and CSU-LB. Please contact Dr. Billimoria or refer to your student handbook for further information.

Note: This syllabus is subject to change. Should there be any changes; students will be notified in class of the amendments.

 

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

For HCA 450 students: Prior to attending this course students are required to complete the following courses:

• HCA 402 and

• HCA 465

Exemptions for the prerequisites are generally not entertained. However, these may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the concept of Quality and the process of Quality Improvement across the Health Care continuum. This course focuses on the history and evolution of quality, its terms, principles, theories, and practices. The student is introduced to a diverse collection of methods of improving quality, including but not limited to continuous Quality Improvement and Total Quality Management, and to the guidelines for implementing quality management and the continuous quality improvement processes. Additionally , the students will be asked to review the changes that a selected number of health care systems from across America have implemented in order to achieve the Institute of Medicine’s goals to make quality health care more safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient, and patient-centered. Students will also be exposed to new cutting edge technologies that impact the quality improvement efforts/interventions in health care delivery.

EXPECTED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Describe the evolution of the health care systems and Quality Management/Improvement Programs and reflect on its future.

2. Understand the reasoning and the importance of the requirements for Health Care Quality

Management/Improvement Programs.

3. Describe the most current Quality Management/Improvement Program principles and techniques for health care in general. This includes the principles of Continuous Quality Improvement, Total Quality Management, and proactive versus reactive Quality Management programs.

4. Understand the impact of federal and state legislation on Quality Management/Improvement Programs in Health care.

5. Understand the need for and development of standards for accreditation of health care entities.

6. Describe the recent impact of consumers on health care Quality Management/Improvement Programs and the development of health plan Report Cards (HEDIS etc.).

7. Understand the use of data and statistics for an effective Quality Management/Improvement Program.

8. Understand basic elements of provider credentialing, physician profiling and report cards, risk management and liability issues as they relate to Quality Management/Improvement Programs.

9. Understand the effect of Patient Safety issues on Quality Management/Improvement systems.

10. Understand the recent trends in Quality Management/Improvement and Continuous Quality and Continuity of Care issues in Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, and Long Term Care.

11. Health Care Report Cards, Pay For Performance and other strategies used for improving the quality of health care

12. Demonstrate understanding of the principles in the development of a Quality Management/Improvement Program and Strategies for a health care entity via successful completion of class project.

 

REQUIRED TEXTS AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS AND INFORMATION.

This course does not prescribe a specific text, since no single text would cover the broad scope of this course. However, the following books and materials are strongly recommended for review:

1. Introduction to Quality Health Care Management, Patrice Spath, 2009, AUPHA, Health Administration Press, Chicago, Illinois

2. Continuous Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Curtis McLaughlin and Arnold Kaluzy, 3rd Edition, 2006, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Sudbury, Massachusetts (Optional for reference). This book is soon to be updated with a new edition.

Lecture notes and handout materials. All lecture notes will be posted on Beach Board. Students need to print these. Very few copies may be available for distribution by the instructor.

TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS

I Short Essays (10% of overall class Grade for each one of 3 essays over the course of the semester. Total Percentage for 3 essays is 30)

To understand the latest trends around Quality Management/Improvement Programs it is necessary to review articles related to health care quality from various sources including professional medical or health care journals. Students will be expected to write short essays on specific prescribed topics (a maximum of two, doubled spaced and typed pages). The students will be provided with a relevant topic for each essay. Students will then research and select one or more published articles pertaining to the topic and complete the short essay as follows:

1) Introduction – Introduce the topic with a brief overview of sources used for the essay. Students must make special mention in support of selecting their articles

2) Summary-Summarize the contents of the article(s) as they relate to the topic.

3) Discussion-Provide your analysis and discussion pertaining the topic being discussed.

4) Conclusions – Conclusion regarding the topic derived from the article(s).

The essays will be graded on a scale of (0 – 20 points). Grading will be based on the contents of sections addressed above.

Examples of Journals that may be used for writing your essays are as follows:

a) Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) -

b) New England Journal of Medicine -

c) Annals of Internal Medicine -

d) Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law -

e) Journal of HealthCare Quality -

f) Med Bio World - Hospital & Healthcare Management Journals -

The three short essays will be due in the weeks assigned. Please see agenda on the following pages for due dates.

On the due date, submit one copy to the instructor. The essay will be returned after review and scoring.

II Class Participation (20% of Overall Class Grade)

Active classroom participation is encouraged. Each student will have adequate opportunities to participate in classroom discussions. Students will be provided the opportunity to participate in small projects and pop quizzes to assess participation. Level of participation will contribute towards the overall course grade.

III PROJECT: Quality Management/Improvement Program Development (30% of the overall Grade)

A major classroom project will be the development of a Quality Management/Improvement Program or Quality Improvement Process/strategy pertaining to a health care entity. This project will be assigned during the course and will be completed mid term.

Students will form teams and develop a Quality Management/Improvement Program or Process for improvement of selected care and services for their assigned entity. The project will make use of quality improvement principles and information presented during the course. Each student within a team must make specific contributions to the program or project development and discussions.

The projects developed will be presented to the class by all members of each team. Each team member presents their specific contributions to the project. Please see course agenda below for day of presentation. Guest speakers may be present during presentations and will contribute to the discussions.

Grading For “The Quality Management/Improvement Program Development Project": (Constitutes 30% of the overall class grade)

I Each student’s contribution towards the team project will be presented in form of a paper not less than three double-spaced type written pages. The paper shall comprise of the following elements:

a) Introduction to the portion being contributed by the student. (10% of Mid term Grade)

b) Presentation of the ideas and components the student is responsible for developing as part of the team effort (10% of Mid term Grade)

c) Discussion and the importance of the student’s contribution towards the team project using the principles and theories discussed in class as well as pertinent literature reviewed by the student. (30% of Mid Term Grade)

II Class Presentation by Team (50% of the Mid Term Grade)

The Mid Term Grade will be a combination of the individual paper and team presentation scores.

Instructor will be available to all students for guidance during development of the project.

IV Final Exam for HCA 450 (Constitutes 30% of the Overall Class Grade)

HCA 450 students will be administered a final exam worth 30% of the overall class grade. The exam will comprise of multiple questions. Questions will be a mix of essay type discussions based on case studies using the knowledge from topics discussed in class during the semester and a series of short case studies or notes on specific issues or topics.

For each essay question, the student will be required to use the following format:

a) An Introduction to address the case or problem presented(20% of the question grade)

b) Presentation of the ideas in addressing the issue or case using information from the course.(40% of the question grade)

c) Brief Discussion of the interventions or direction suggested by the student for addressing the case or issue (30% of the question grade)

d) Conclusion- Summary of thoughts (10% of the question grade)

Length of the written answer is left to the discretion of the student. It is important to ensure that the above four points be taken into consideration for a complete answer.

For the short notes topic the student will be expected to write a short paragraph on each of the topics.

AGENDA AND SEQUENCE OF ASSIGNMENTS (The agenda is subject to change.)

Week Objective

Week 1 – August 29 a) Introduction to the course.

b) Literature Review Guidelines.

c) Introduction to Terminologies.

d) Introduction to Health Care Systems

e) Selection of Teams & Team Leaders for projects.

September 5 Labor Day Holiday

Week 2 – September 12 a) The evolution of Health Care Quality Management with a

historic perspective.

b) Basic Elements of Quality Improvement

Readings: Review Chapters 1 (Prescribed Text Book)

Chapters 1 & 2 McLaughlin (Optional for 450)

Business Case for Quality – Reading for project

Essay # 1 – Topic to be announced in class

Week 3 – September 19 a) Basic Elements of Quality Improvement continued.

b) The Deming approach to Quality Improvement.

c) Principles of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and

Total Quality Management (TQM).

d) Outcomes needed of Quality

e) Classroom Project-Business case for Quality

Readings: Chapter 2 (Prescribed ) ,

Chapter 1 (McLaughlin), Lecture Notes and Literature

Essay # 1 to be submitted in class

Week 4 – September 26 a) Principles in developing a Quality Improvement Program

in health care .

b) Use of Data for Quality Improvement.

c) Data Mining

Review: Chapters 1 & 3 (Prescribed Text Book)

Chapter 11 (McLaughlin, Optional), Lecture Notes

Week 5 – October 3 a) Process capability and variations (Chapter 4 both books)

b) Tools for Quality- Introduction

c) Project on Quality Improvement .

d) Leadership and Quality Improvement Teams

Review: Chapter 7 (Prescribed)

Chapter 6 (McLaughlin), Lecture Notes & Literature

Essay # 2 --- Topic will be announced in class

Week 6 – October 10 a) Progress Report and Updates on the Quality Improvement

project by each team.

b) Tools for Quality

c) Data Analysis in Quality Management

Review: Chapters 3,4 & 5 (Prescribed Text Book) & Lecture Notes

: Chapters 4 & 5 (McLaughlin)

Essay # 2 to be submitted in class

Week 7 – October 17 a) Six Sigma and Lean Theories

b) Using Quality Improvement Tools- Small Classroom Project

Week 8 – October 24 MID-TERM EXAM / PRESENTATIONS

a) Group Presentations of Quality Improvement Projects

b) Students to submit their individual written project reports

Week 9 – October 31 MID-TERM EXAM / PRESENTATIONS (Contd)

a) Group Presentations of Quality Improvement Projects

b) Students to submit their individual written project reports

Week 10 – November 7 a) Health Plan Report Cards.

b) Health Employer Data Information Set -2007 (HEDIS).

c) ORYX systems (JC)

d) Disease Management Programs.

e) Understanding Accreditation

Review: Chapter 3 (Prescribed)

Chapter 2 (McLaughlin)

Lecture Notes & Literature

Essay # 3 Topic to be announced in class

Week 11 – November 14 a) Introduction To Government Legislation in Health Care &

c) Understanding Regulatory Requirements (Guest Lecturer)

d) Health care Quality and Long Term care (Guest Lecturer)

Review: Chapter 8 (Prescribed Text Book), Lecture Notes

Essay # 3 to be submitted in class

Week 12 – November 21

a) Small Classroom project- (With Guest Lecturer)

Week 13 – November 28 a) Accreditation

b) Leap Frog

c) Relative Resource Use and Utilization Management

Week 14 –December 5 a) Health Information Technology, Information Management and quality of health care (Guest Lecture)

Week 15- December 12 FINALS WEEK

a) Course Summary

b) The Future of Health Care Quality

c) Job opportunities in Quality Improvement

BASIS FOR ASSIGNING THE COURSE GRADE

This being a double numbered course, university policy requires greater expectations, additional work and different grading scales for graduate students. Due importance will be given to student participation in projects, papers, class work and exams. Letter Grades are assigned from A-F for level of achievement in the course. For final computation of the letter grades, following weights for each course component will be used:

|Component HCA 450 |Percent of Grade |

|Short Essays: | |

|#1 |10% |

|#2 |10% |

|#3 |10% |

|Development of a Quality Management Program |30% |

|Project (Mid Term Exam) | |

|Final Exam |30% |

|Class Participation (Including Attendance) |10% |

|TOTAL |100% |

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVALUATION

Attendance

Students are required to attend and to be prepared for each session by reading any assigned or referenced materials. Attendance is expected at each class session. However, if there are compelling circumstances, an absence may be excused. It then becomes the responsibility of the student to bring her/himself up to date with the class material. Please notify the lecturer of any absenteeism either in advance if preplanned or after the fact if due to emergent situations.

Drops

It is the responsibility of the student to file for a drop status if he or she desires. No drops will be signed by the instructor after the third week.

Exams

A traditional grading system is required for evaluation of student performance in this course. There will be one mid-term and one final exam. Exam formats will be developed and announced by the Instructor. No make-up exams will be offered unless the student has made specific arrangements with the instructor prior to the exam.

ADDITIONAL INTERNET RESOURCES:

|America’s Health Insurance Plans | |

|American College of Medical Quality | |

|American Health Information Management Association | |

|American Health Information Management Association | |

|American Healthcare Association | |

|American Society for Healthcare Risk Management | |

|American Society For Healthcare Risk Management | |

|Association for Quality | |

|association for quality | |

|California Association for Healthcare Quality | |

|California Code of Regulations | |

|California Department of Corporations |corp. |

|California Medical Association | |

|Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations | |

|Medicare |cms. |

|National Guideline Clearinghouse | |

|National Library of Medicine |nlm. |

|National Network of Libraries of Medicine | |

|Quality Indicator Project | |

 

CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM

The following is excerpted from the California State University, Long Beach Policy Statement 85-19, dated December 13, 1985.

It is the policy of the faculty and administration to deal effectively with the student who practices cheating or plagiarism. These acts are fundamentally destructive of the process of education and the confident evaluation of a student's mastery over a subject. A University maintains respect and functions successfully within the larger community when its reputation is built on honesty. Similarly, each student benefits in helping to maintain the integrity of the University. This policy, therefore, provides for a variety of faculty actions including those, which may lead to the assignment of a failing grade for a course and for administrative actions, which may lead to dismissal from the University. It is the intent to support the traditional values that students are on their honor to perform their academic duties in an ethical manner.

GENERAL:

The following definitions of cheating and plagiarism shall apply to all work submitted by a student.

DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM:

Plagiarism is defined as the act of using the ideas or work of another person or persons as if they were ones own, without giving credit to the source. Such an act is not plagiarism if it is ascertained that the ideas were arrived at through independent reasoning or logic or where the thought or idea is common knowledge.

Acknowledge of an original author or source must be made through appropriate references, i.e., quotation marks, footnotes, or commentary. Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to, the following: the submission of a work, either in part or in whole, completed by another; failure to give credit for ideas, statements, facts or conclusions with rightfully belong to another; in written work, failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly from another, whether it be a paragraph, a sentence, or even a part thereof; close and lengthy paraphrasing of another writing or paraphrasing should consult the instructor.

Students are cautioned that, in conducting their research, they should prepare their notes by (a) either quoting material exactly (using quotation marks) at the time they take notes from a source; or (b) departing completely from the language used in the source, putting the material into their own words. In this way, when the material is used in the paper or project, the student can avoid plagiarism resulting from verbatim use of notes. Both quoted and paraphrased materials must be given proper citations.

DEFINITION OF CHEATING:

Cheating is defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain or aiding another to obtain academic credit for work by the use of any dishonest, deceptive or fraudulent means.

Examples of cheating during an examination would include, but not be limited to the following: copying, either in part or in wholes, from another test or examination; discussion of answers or ideas relating to the answers on an examination or test unless such discussion is specifically authorized by the instructor; giving or receiving copies of an exam without the permission of the instructor; using or displaying notes; "cheat sheets," or other information or devices inappropriate to the prescribed test conditions, as when the test of competence includes a test of unassisted recall of information, skill, or procedure; allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent the same. Also included is plagiarism, which is defined as altering or interfering with the grading procedures.

It is often appropriate for students to study together or to work in teams on projects. However, such students should be careful to avoid use of unauthorized assistance, and to avoid any implication of cheating, by such means as sitting apart from one another in examinations, presenting the work in a manner which clearly indicates the effort of each individual, or such other method as is appropriate to the particular course.

ACADEMIC ACTION:

One or more of the following academic actions are available to the faculty member who finds a student has been cheating or plagiarizing.

a) Review -- no action.

b) An oral reprimand with emphasis on counseling toward prevention of further occurrences;

c) A requirement that the work be repeated;

d) Assignment of a score of zero (0) for the specific demonstration of competence, resulting in the proportional reduction of final course grade;

e) Assignment of a failing final grade;

f) Referral to the Office of Judicial Affairs for possible probation, suspension, or expulsion

COURSE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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2. Aspden, Philip, Corrigan, Janet M., Wolcott, Julie, Erickson, Shari M., Editors, Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety; Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care, 2004, 550 pages

3. Berwick Donald, Payment by Capitation and the Quality of Care- Part 5 (1996) The New England Journal of Medicine, 335,16,1227-1231

4. Blumenthal David, Quality of Care – What is it? – Part I, (1996) The New England Journal of Medicine, 335, 12, 891-894

5. Blumenthal David, The Origins of Quality of Care Debate- Part 4 ( 1996) The New England Journal of Medicine, 335, 15, 1146-1149

6. Brook Robert, McGlynn Elizabeth, Measuring Quality of Care – Part 2, (1996) The New England Journal of Medicine, 335, 13, 966-970

7. Brown, RN, CPHQ, Janet A., The Healthcare Quality Handbook: A Professional Resource and Study Guide, 2004/2005 Edition (20th edition available after 7/31/05)

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11. Chassin Mark, Hannan Edward and DeBuono Barbara , Benefits and Hazards of Reporting Medical Outcomes Publicly ( 1996) The New England Journal of Medicine, 334,6, 394-398

12. Couch James (Editor), Health Care Quality Management/Improvement Program for the 21st Century, 1991, American College of Physician Executives and American College of Medical Quality.

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