Quality Benchmark Solution Annual Subscription

The Quality Benchmark Solution Annual Subscription service includes:

• Quality and Patient Safety Measures - Ability to load data on any number of quality and patient safety measures and run quality reports on peer groups using the loaded data
• Trending Reports - Ability to create and analyze monthly, quarterly and yearly trending reports
• Peer Groups - Comparisons of quality and patient safety measures with peer groups of public and subscriber submitted data
• Best Demonstrated Practice and Pay for Performance Reports – Ability to monitor healthcare organization best demonstrated practices and potential CMS pay for performance bonuses, penalties and missed opportunities
• Upload – Spreadsheet uploads allow for instant data entry
• Access to all CMS public quality measure data releases during the subscription period
• Automated email notification when additional data is released and available through TBS for analysis
• Additional measures and data as it becomes available including the HCAHPS – survey of patients’ perceptions of care
• Periodic TBS newsletters on client usage of the quality report cards and their ideas for improving quality performance
• Automated email notification of subscription renewal

TBS Recommendation

We strongly encourage healthcare organizations to make a commitment to measuring and benchmarking their performance. This is not a one time organizational event but an ongoing commitment to providing the best possible care for the patients an organization serves. As such we encourage organizations to commit to the annual subscription and an organizational process to use the Quality Benchmark Solution information and benchmarks.