Future of MONAHRQ (Text Version)

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Future of MONAHRQ

Carol Sniegoski, AHRQ

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MONAHRQ Releases

Jun 2010 > MONAHRQ 1.0 release

Nov 201 > MONAHRQ 1.1 release

Jul 2011 > MONAHRQ 2.0 release

Oct 2011 > MONAHRQ 3.0 release*

??? 2012 > MONAHRQ 3.1 release*

Sep 2012 MONAHRQ 4.0 release*

* Projected

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MONAHRQ 3.0

• Changes for version 3.0:
  • More data and measures.
  • More flexibility and usability.

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MONAHRQ 3.0

• More data and measures:
  • Hospital Compare outpatient measures:
    • Outpatient imaging.
    • Outpatient surgical.
  • Composite measures from the AHRQ QIs.
  • New "Nursing Sensitive" health topic.

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MONAHRQ 3.0

• More flexibility and usability:
  • Save and reuse your Web site customization settings.
  • Save and reuse your hospital data.
  • Choose to use our APR-DRG assignments or your own.

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MONAHRQ 4.0

• Changes for version 4.0:
  • Architecture changes.
  • More data analysis and reporting features.
  • More data and measures.

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MONAHRQ 4.0

• Architecture changes: Separate AHRQ QI software from MONAHRQ:
  • You calculate the AHRQ QIs separately, then MONAHRQ loads the results.
  • More flexibility:
    • Use whatever QI software version you choose.
    • No waiting for a new MONAHRQ release to use the latest QI software.

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MONAHRQ 4.0

• More data analysis and reporting features:
  • Hospital (or county) summaries.
  • More benchmarking options.
  • Better handling of time: trends, rolling years, etc.
  • Reporting at geographic levels other than county.
  • Hospital (or county) summaries.
  • Domain-specific MONAHRQ: plans, pediatrics...
  • More customization options.
  • Etc. ...

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MONAHRQ 4.0

• More data and measures:
  • Clinical measures for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
  • Clinical measures for Electronic Health Record (EHR) meaningful use.
  • Your own custom measures, calculated by you and loaded into MONAHRQ
  • Measures for plans or Health Insurance Exchanges (HIEs).
  • All-payer all-claims data.
  • Other Compare measures (Physician Compare, Nursing Home Compare, Home Health Compare ...).
  • Etc. ...

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The Future...

• How to shape MONAHRQ's future?
  • AHRQ's Building the Science of Public Reporting initiative.
  • Alignment with NQF.
  • New MONAHRQ users group.

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The Future... (continued)

• AHRQ's Building the Science of Public Reporting initiative:
  • Research program to expand the evidence base for effective reporting.
  • Coordination with other HHS reporting efforts.
  • Advisory group of public reporting stakeholders.

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The Future... (continued)

• Alignment with NQF:
  • Continue collaboration with Diane Stollenwerk.
  • (2010 stakeholder interviews and MONAHRQ Design Improvement report).
  • Obtain strategic planning input for future MONAHRQ developments.

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The Future... (continued)

• New MONAHRQ users group:
  • Continue last year's Learning Network activities.
  • Engage MONAHRQ power users.
  • Obtain user input about new MONAHRQ features and directions.

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E-mail us: anne.elixhauser@ahrq.hhs.gov or carol.sniegoski@ahrq.hhs.gov

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