Talk Infusion: Measuring the Quality of Your Home Infusion Program

Recorded On: 09/14/2023

In this Talk Infusion webinar, we discuss various outcome measures that reflect the quality of a home infusion program. NHIA will provide an overview of the NHIF outcome data programs and how to use the data collected. Standardizing the definitions for data variables gives validity to the findings, and by standardizing what is collected and reported, it can be used externally across the industry to measure quality. We will review what NHIF is collecting, learn about Brightree tools for submitting your data to NHIF, and how to participate in NHIF data programs. Software automation can facilitate participation in NHIF benchmarking by automatically generating the reports using patient and related data already captured in the system. Hear from Brightree about how they are automating the processes to facilitate participation.

Discussion Topics:

Top outcome measures reported in US health care.
Best practices for good measurements.
NHIF data programs and integration with Brightree and other third-party systems.
- NHIF Standard Definitions related to outcome measures.
- What is being collected and measured currently.
- Learn how Brightree allows you to capture events as soon as they happen and identify patients to report.
- How to use the data to determine comparisons that reflect the quality of services.
How NHIF uses the data collected through the research programs.
Future directions of the infusion industry research and technology resources.
How to participate in the data programs.

Michelle Simpson, PharmD, BCSCP, MWC

Clinical Program Manager

National Home Infusion Association

Michelle C. Simpson, PharmD, BCSCP, MWC, is a Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist with an established career in home infusion. She is the Clinical Program Manager for the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), where she is responsible for research studies, non-profit foundation initiatives, data benchmarking, and clinical education development. Michelle is Editor in Chief of Infusion Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly publication that features independent original research on infusion therapies and is published by the National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF). Michelle is Co-Editor of Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs, 7th Edition, a publication of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

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Michelle Simpson has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Jennifer Keiser

Sr. Director of Pharmacy Product Management

Brightree LLC

Jen is responsible for product strategy, feature prioritization and product roadmaps for the pharmacy offerings within Brightree’s cloud-based post-acute care solutions. She brings over 25 years of experience managing software development, customer support and implementations to the role, but her true love is designing exceptional pharmacy software. She’s published in HomeCare Magazine and Pharmacy Practice News and presented at events including Medtrade and NHIA Annual Conferences.

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