IDS
User Group Meeting
The
IDS User Group meeting immediately followed the Michigan
Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing fall conference. A new
format, which included client presentations, was used for the
meeting this time. Over half of the meeting
was dedicated to presentations by IDS clients and the remaining
time was used to address IDS updates, future enhancements,
and the Monthly Financial Survey. Based on the meeting evaluations,
the new format was a success.
The first
guest presenter was Michael Rich, Vice President at VHA Michigan.
He shared information on combining financial and
market data, including the importance of the data and the types
of financial indicators that should be used. He displayed a
variety of tables and graphs to illustrate how the IDS market
data can
be used in conjunction with financial data from the VHA. Within
the IDS, users have the opportunity to import their own hospital
specific financial data and then run financial market share
reports. For more information on the IDS financial module,
please go to
IDS, click on Help, and select Presentations Online.
Karen Wright,
Senior Data Analyst at Oakwood Healthcare System, was the second
presenter. Karen presented on a variety of topics,
including how Oakwood uses its intranet to share quarterly
IDS market share data, the Medical Staff Profile Study, and
the Southeast
Michigan Data Exchange. All employees at Oakwood are able
to access this information directly from Oakwood's intranet.
The third
presenter was Duane Miller, CFO at Carson City Hospital. Duane
discussed how the Carson City Hospital Executive
Team
uses the IDS Market Scan product to share market share
data with physicians
and board members. IDS Market Scan is a product offered
exclusively to IDS clients. IDS Market Scan is a detailed market
analysis
and includes supporting graphs, charts, and maps. All of
the information is derived from the IDS program. For more
information
about IDS Market Scan, please contact Bob
Zorn.
The remainder
of the meeting focused on IDS updates, future enhancements,
and the Monthly Financial Survey (MFS). In
terms of IDS updates,
clients should be aware that the IDS now includes Wisconsin
residents treated in Wisconsin border counties. To restrict
a report to
only Michigan patients, filter on District Council of
Patient (or District Council of Hospital) not equal to zero.
In
addition, Data Services continues to offer Data Express,
which is a
series of inpatient and outpatient reports that are sent
to each hospital
on a quarterly basis. These reports can now be customized
to include saved filter statements and User Defined Fields.
Data
Services is in the process of making enhancements to the IDS
program. A few of the enhancements discussed at the meeting
included the following: trend reports will include a percent
change column so that clients can compare data from one time
period to another; a new Two Dimensional Market Share Report
will be in a table format just like the Hospital Specific Two
Dimensional Market Share Report; and users can print summary
level information about each report. In addition, Data Services
is considering adding a physician module to the IDS.
Click here to read more about the physician
module.
To conclude
the meeting, Laura Schmidt from the MHA talked about the MFS,
which is a web-based database
of key hospital
financial
and utilization performance indicators. There is
no cost for Michigan hospitals to participate in the MFS.
New
to the MFS
is a key financial indicator report, which is a summary
report of financial data. To learn more, please contact
Laura at the MHA.
Save
the date! The next IDS User Group meeting will be held on May 19
at the Hotel Baronette in Novi.
More information
and registration
materials will be forthcoming in the spring.
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