In addition to taking on the role of Section Chief, Dr. Ward Flemons has also assumed the position of Vice-Chair for Health Analytics, and Safety. Dr. Flemons is widely recognized as having experience in these areas, having previously been engaged with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and as a Medical Director with the Health and Quality Council of Alberta. Dr. Flemons works closely with Andrew Frank-Wilson, a senior data analyst, to access AHS’s extensive electronic data sources and build analysis and reports for the benefit of each Section and those members within Sections who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity. We are of no doubt that better data analytics, driven by appropriate clinical questions, will lead to improved models of practice and patient safety, and to more comprehensive short, medium, and long- term workforce planning within the Department.
Requests for support can be sent directly to Andrew Frank-Wilson. These will be reviewed with DoM leadership and prioritized. andrew.frank-wilson@ahs.ca
CMS Analytical Tables in Tableau
Catalogue | Area | Workbook | Tableau Workbook Name | Stage | Automation |
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CMS Physician Activity Measures | Department of Medicine | CMS Physician Activity Summary | Complete | Stopped | |
CMS Attending Groups | Complete | Active | |||
CMS Attending Groups Hourly Census | Complete | Active | |||
CMS Nocturnist | Adhoc | ||||
DOM Halfday Workload Measure | Adhoc | ||||
DOM Hospital Workload Measures | Complete | Active | |||
Hackathon Attending Groups | Adhoc | ||||
Gastroenterology | CMS Physician Activity - GI | Complete | Stopped | ||
General Internal Medicine | CMS Physician Activity GIM | Complete | Stopped | ||
Anshulas GIM Workbook | Complete | No | |||
CMS Attending Groups_GIM | Complete | Stopped | |||
GIM Site Lead Measures | Complete | Stopped | |||
Nephrology | CMS Physician Activity Neph | Complete | Active | ||
Respiratory | CMS Physician Activity Resp | Complete | Stopped | ||
CMS Operations - Utilization Measures | Clinics | CMS Clinic Utilization | On Hold | Stopped | |
CMS Patient Quality of Care Measures | Gastroenterology | Cirrhosis | CMS_QOC_Cirrhosis | Completed | Active |
Haematology | Hemophilia | Completed | Adhoc | ||
Infectious Diseases | HPTP | CMS_QOC_HPTP | In Process | ||
Nephrology | Acute Kidney Injury | AKI | On Hold | ||
Respiratory | COPD | CMS Patient Quality of Care Measures COPD | Completed | Active | |
LTBI Measures | Completed | Active | |||
Rheumatology | Rheumatoid Arthritis | R4U_measures_v3 | Completed | Active | |
Inpatient | Peri-Operative Care | CMS_QOC_Glycemic Management | Completed | Active |
Health Analytics Working Group
The Department of Medicine and Medical Services, Calgary Zone Health Analytics Working Group (HAWG) has been created to promote and develop clinical outcome, process and structure measures for important patient populations that the Department is accountable for in whole or in part. Clinical measures created by the HAWG will identify opportunities for clinicians and AHS operational leaders to improve patient care, reduce cost and resource use, and improve patient experience.
Membership List (Jan. 2022)
Name | Role |
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Allan Ryan | Clinical Analytics |
Andrew Frank-Wilson | Analytics Team Lead |
Anshula Ambasta | General Internal Medicine |
Aziz Shaheen | Gastroenterology |
Barbara Roberts | Calgary Zone Analytics and Reporting, DIMR |
Claire Barber | Rheumatology |
Deirdre McCaughey | Community Health Sciences |
Derek Beatch | Senior Analyst |
Erika Dempsey | Geriatric Medicine |
Fiona Clement | Community Health Sciences |
Kristen Brown | Infectious Diseases |
Laurie Parsons | Dermatology |
Lesley Street | Hematology |
Peter Faris | Research Facilitation |
Vicky Parkins | Endocrinology |
Ward Flemons | HAWG Chair |
Responsibilities
- Identify and prioritize patient populations
- Develop a method for defining patient populations
- Using an ICD-10 grouping methodology
- Link costing and resource use to patient populations
- Define prioritization criteria
- Prioritize patient populations based on approved criteria
- Develop a method for defining patient populations
- Collaboratively develop important clinical outcome measures
- Develop measures of the important clinical processes and structures where research-based evidence supports their effect on the outcomes of interest
- Develop key process and structure measures
- Work collaboratively with DIMR to create data marts, identify and source data
- Develop detailed data definitions
- Create automated reports of measures
- Provide recommendations to the Medical Services Executive Committee to create supported working groups to improve mean results, and / or variation of results of the clinical measures that have been developed