School of Medicine and Health Sciences Poster Presentations
Poster Number
257
Document Type
Poster
Keywords
Dashboard; Frailty; Community
Publication Date
Spring 2017
Abstract
While it is known that there are many shortcomings in the care of the elderly, their rate and impact on the community and the elderly themselves is not well understood. In exploring the possibilities for using existing data and available informants, a dashboard could be created that would enable a geographic community to understand the experience of living with disabilities in old age, to prioritize problems, and to test improvements.
The methods included a literature review to understand what and how easily information could be accessed, gathered, and presented. In regards to literature on data collection, CMS claims data, MDS, OASIS, and death certificate follow back interviews were examined. In addition, other databases and dashboards were explored to better understand methods and aims. Interviews were then pilot-tested with caregivers of frail elders, both alive and deceased.
It was ultimately concluded that by using existing data from utilization and other required data sets, a geographic community could construct a useful dashboard to prioritize and monitor improvements in elder care. The biases, which would be fairly stable across time for any one community, could be estimated. The costs could be mitigated with inexpensive access and off-the-shelf analytic packages. Most importantly, by marrying the breadth of information from large data sources with the depth of caregiver interviews, a platform could be created that motivates communities to undergo a very necessary elder care reform.
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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Geriatrics Commons, Gerontology Commons
A Medical Student Foray into the Depths of Public Health: An Exploratory Investigation Toward a Community Dashboard Characterizing the Experiences of Frailty in Order to Guide Improvement
While it is known that there are many shortcomings in the care of the elderly, their rate and impact on the community and the elderly themselves is not well understood. In exploring the possibilities for using existing data and available informants, a dashboard could be created that would enable a geographic community to understand the experience of living with disabilities in old age, to prioritize problems, and to test improvements.
The methods included a literature review to understand what and how easily information could be accessed, gathered, and presented. In regards to literature on data collection, CMS claims data, MDS, OASIS, and death certificate follow back interviews were examined. In addition, other databases and dashboards were explored to better understand methods and aims. Interviews were then pilot-tested with caregivers of frail elders, both alive and deceased.
It was ultimately concluded that by using existing data from utilization and other required data sets, a geographic community could construct a useful dashboard to prioritize and monitor improvements in elder care. The biases, which would be fairly stable across time for any one community, could be estimated. The costs could be mitigated with inexpensive access and off-the-shelf analytic packages. Most importantly, by marrying the breadth of information from large data sources with the depth of caregiver interviews, a platform could be created that motivates communities to undergo a very necessary elder care reform.
Comments
Poster presented at GW Annual Research Days 2017.