Quality Improvement and Information Management - Jacksons Point, Canada - Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic

Description

The Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (GNPLC) is seeking a
Quality Improvement and Information Management Specialist with a background in health care.

The GNPLC is one of 25 NPLCs in Ontario that is fully funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health to provide primary health care services in communities across the province.

The GNPLC is committed to patient-centered care that is based on a self-management model that promotes a partnership between the patient and their care provider.

GNPLC is the lead organization for this exciting and collaborative initiative to advance the impact of data and performance measurement in the provision of accessible and comprehensive primary care.

To support this initiative the Quality Improvement and Information Management Specialist (QIIMS) person will work collaboratively with our interdisciplinary team and across the following partner sites: Belleville NPLC, CMHA Durham, Emery Keelesdale NPLC, Georgian NPLC, HF Connecting Health NPLC, Huronia NPLC, Smith Falls NPLC and Peterborough 360 Degree NPLC.

Reporting directly to the Lead Administrator and working closely with a steering committee, the Quality Improvement and Information Management Specialist (QIIMS) is responsible for supporting the partner sites in their quality improvement planning, decision making and implementation activities.

This includes reviewing data, supporting teams in the implementation of data quality initiatives, improving the flow and use of information, developing queries and analytical products to support boards and leaders in their quality improvement goals and teams engaged in clinical process change.

The QIIMS will extract health information from one or more electronic medical records (EMRs) systems running in participating Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics (NPLCs) and other data sources.

The individual is also expected to participate in broader data harmonization initiatives and champion the use of data and performance analytics within and across Ontario's Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics.

• Supports the NPLC leadership and other stakeholders in the collection of quality improvement data
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams engaged in quality improvement to identify performance measurement information and data quality needs
• Support the work of boards and quality improvement committees in the development and implementation of quality improvement plans
• Support management decision making by developing, generating, analyzing and interpreting extracted health information.

• Assesses the underlying causes of poor data quality and leads the identification and implementation of data quality improvement initiatives
• Ensure high quality data is available for extraction as needed by developing and implementing systems to identify, track, correct and prevent errors.
• Design, test and deploy tools and processes for extracting and managing performance data
• Develop data feedback reports and data checking routines.
• Extract data from all NPLCs to ensure all data being pulled in consistent manner to allow for data integrity and proper analysis.
• Communicate data quality issues to NPLC leadership in a timely and accurate manner

• Identify gaps in data availability and implement solutions to close the gaps
• Provide consultative and analytical support regarding the collection, interpretation, analysis and presentation of data to help teams ensure that clinical information management practices support best practice standards
• Act as a change agent and coach to interdisciplinary teams on data management and performance measurement
• Conduct analysis and develop reports and presentations using statistical reporting packages, and present this information to each clinic quarterly and annually.
• Monitor and evaluate clinical information system functionality from a user and decision support perspective.

• Visit each NPLC in their region at a minimum of twice a year and annual in person steering committee in person day.
• Create effective working relationships with the NPLC Quality Improvement steering committee and providers at multiple NPCL sites
• Collaborate with two other regional QIIMS serving the 25 NPCLs in Ontario to develop processes for data collection, extraction, and analytics to ensure consistency across the NPLCs
• Manage data quality, business process improvement, data extraction, report development and other projects using effective project management practices
• Contribute actively to local and provincial standards development and data harmonization activities
• Participate in committees and regular provincial QI