Quality, Clinician And Information Technology (It) Partnership For Metric Reporting.

128Background: Reporting of physician defined quality metrics, using manual data abstraction, is labor intensive and not always timely. We developed a multidisciplinary team to develop a metric reporting system. Methods: The Senior Quality Consultant (SQC) partnered with the Research Data Analyst using data extracted from the electronic data warehouse, Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, Cancer Registry, Aria (Varian, Palo Alto) and Epic (Verona, WI) and the Social Security Death index. The Plan, Do, Check Act model was used to guide the team. Results: Fourteen metrics were developed in a seven-month period. Sample of metrics: Blood Marrow Transplant patient referral to Survivorship by Day 100; Genetic counseling referral for ovarian cancer; Cytogenetic testing of acute leukemia, myeloma; Chemotherapy in the last two weeks of life; Hospice enrollment at death; u003e 10 radiation fractions for bone metastases palliation. Conclusions: The PDCA model created a shared framework for metric development. Standard defin...