Activity ID
IA_PSPA_8Activity Weighting
MediumSubcategory Name
Patient Safety and Practice AssessmentActivity Description
In order to receive credit for this activity, a MIPS eligible clinician must use tools that assist specialty practices in tracking specific measures that are meaningful to their practice.
Some examples of tools that could satisfy this activity are: a surgical risk calculator; evidence based protocols, such as Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols; the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guide for Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings predictive algorithms; and the opiate risk tool (ORT) or similar tool.
Objective
Improve the number of patients tracked and the precision of measurement for patient safety measures, thus allowing specialists to make evidence-based decisions about improving safety for their patients.Suggested Documentation
Documented use of patient safety tools implemented for tracking specific patient safety and practice assessment measures that are meaningful to the eligible clinician or group (e.g., tracking HbA1c would be meaningful to an endocrinologist whereas tracking intraocular pressure would be more meaningful to an ophthalmologist). Include both of the following elements:
1) Evidence of safety tools used – Documentation of the use of patient safety tools that assist in tracking patient safety measures (e.g., practice policy or protocol, workflow diagram, screenshot); AND
2) Evidence of measures tracked – Documentation of specific patient safety measures tracked via use of tool (e.g., quality measure report, dashboard, screenshot).
Example/Information
• Surgical risk calculator
• Opiate risk tool
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guide for Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings predictive algorithms.
• Use of clinical assessment modalities and diagnostic screening tools in specialty medicine (e.g., World Health Organization’s Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) Tool);
• Use American College of Cardiology Surviving myocardial infarction (MI)
• Use American College of Physicians (ACP) Practice Advisor; ACP Quality Connect;
• Conduct Disease Activity Measurement to Optimize Treating to Target;
• Improve Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making with Evidence-Based Risk Stratification Strategies;
• Implement American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Guidelines Mobile App;
• Participate in public health emergency disease outbreak control efforts;
• Participate in voluntary surveillance activity;
• Conduct population management strategies within a Perioperative Surgical Home;
• Use of American Urological Association Symptom Index to increase patient engagement;
• Provide leadership of Infection Prevention and Control Program;
• Conduct therapeutic drug monitoring for inflammatory bowel disease patients that are on anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapies;
• Deploy predictive analytical models to manage chronic disease in patients;
• Perform review of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocol and implement improvement plan.