Cardiovascular and Diabetes Coalition of IndianaSeptember 9, 2015Tamara Finn, PHA Managing Advisor

Purdue Healthcare Advisors

Founded in 2005 as a non-profit initiative by the Purdue Technical Assistance Program, the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, and the Indiana Hospital Association.

• Transformational Services• Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare• Health IT Security• Meaningful Use/PQRS/PCMH

What is H3?

• Healthy Hearts in the Heartland• Federally funded research program by the

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded to Northwestern University

• Focus on small practice clinics in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin

• Determine the best ways to support small practices with quality improvement

How does H3 work?

• Receive 1 year hands-on coaching

• Tools and strategies to provide point of care support

for Million Hearts cardiovascular measures (ABCS)

• Randomized practices will also receive support in

population health management

• Collect and analyze clinical quality measures

• Implement and evaluate quality improvement

strategies for cardiovascular care

Who can participate?

• Small Adult Primary Care practices with <10 or fewer providers

• Must have certified electronic health record technology

• Do not currently receive significant quality improvement support

• Located in the northern half of Indiana (including Indianapolis)

What we want YOU to do

• Provide us with names of practices that may be interested in receiving more information on H3!

• Contact PHA Managing Advisor:

Tamara Finn

574-303-4728

tamarafinn@purdue.edu

Questions?