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ANESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENCY
Quality Reporting at The University of Tennessee

The Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia information AlertWatch: OR was implemented in 2018. AlertWatch is
management system was implemented in 2009. This a secondary monitoring system that runs simultaneously with
system incorporates pre-anesthetic evaluation, intra- the Centricity Perioperative Anesthesia system to provide
operative documentation with automated monitor entry, real-time information to both in-room and supervising
clinical decision support through crisis checklists, providers. This data can also be extrapilated for analysis of
professional billing module, post-operative evaluations and Quality Improvement measures such as blood pressure
quality measure recording. management, temperature and glucose control.

The Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group was formed in 2008 by six
academic medical departments and lead by the University of Michigan to develop
the necessary policies, procedures, and technical infrastructure required for
multicenter perioperative outcomes research.
Currently, MPOG is a consortium of 50 medical centers nationwide aggregating large volumes of electronic health record (EHR) data,
patient reported outcomes, and long term administrative outcomes which is then available for data extraction. The Department of
Anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee was the first academic department to join the founding members. By participating in
MPOG, residents have the opportunity for research involving the MPOG data.

The Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting
Exchange (ASPIRE) is a quality improvement initiative based at
the University of Michigan partially funded by Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and based upon the data
infrastructure of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes
Group (MPOG).
ASPIRE uses EHR and administrative data to analyze the
interplay between patient comorbidities, surgical procedure,
intraoperative anesthesiology technique and interventions,
and postoperative outcomes.
As a member of ASPIRE, each provider receives a monthly
email detailing their performance on the current 16 quality
measures tracked by the department.

ASPIRE not only allows for continued feedback on anesthetic
management, but also creates opportunities for residents to
take ownership of specific measures (i.e. Quality
Improvement Projects).

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