Data Submitters – Thanks for your hard work

As we close 2012, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) Information and Quality Services Center would like to take this opportunity to thank our hospital data submitters for their hard work. Our submitters tirelessly endured numerous submission changes and upgrades. Thanks to your patience, these implementations have improved processes and efficiencies. Users were required to be trained to utilize data correction tools with new procedures, as well as learning the new state-required 5010 data format. These major changes were critical in moving towards new ICD-10 coding and Present on Admission reporting standards.

We’d like our data submitters to understand how critical their work is to our data outcomes and business intelligence. While they don’t always get to see results or end products, data submission and quality is an integral part of the DFWHC Foundation’s data collaboration. Regional data is used to measure and analyze ways to offer better services and care for our patients. Hospital executives also access the data to analyze market share, quality indicators and other analysis.

We look forward to working with our data submitters in 2013. Happy New Year!