Lumetra Insights
March 2010
A Central Valley community hospital has contracted with Lumetra Healthcare Solutions to conduct a full evaluation of their Quality Improvement Program in order to maximize operational structure and program outcomes. The scope of work will focus on efficient and effective collaboration between Quality Management and other departments, including but not limited to, Nursing, Case Management, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Infection Control, Medical Information Services, and the medical staff. This client had earlier engaged LHS to assist with their mortality data interpretation and action planning. The hospital’s leadership team has long-term confidence in Lumetra Healthcare Solutions, as they had participated in our collaborative programs in previous years. They also appreciate the individualized attention that we bring to these consecutive consultative contracts.
In addition, Lumetra Healthcare Solutions received a subcontract from the University of California at Los Angeles to participate in the Go Grant that was awarded to them by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. LHS will perform the following tasks:
- Assist UCLA in building the infrastructure for comparative effectiveness research in managed care organizations
- Create uniform data elements
- Conduct a pilot study to evaluate quality improvement activities (versus usual care) for cardiovascular and diabetes outcomes