Oklahoma Foundation For Medical Quality Inc

Programs: Quality improvement and assurance: ofmq performs monitoring and evaluation to assess the impact of the quality improvement organization program for the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) related to quality, utilization, cost, efficiency, disparity, and access to medicare services. Technical assistance is provided for existing performance measures as well as production of the instruction manuals that accompany the measures through a cms subcontract. Also through a cms subcontract, are services to implement the american indian/alaska native healthcare quality initiative designed to help indian health service (ihs) hospitals instill strong organizational systems and processes that serve as the foundation for providing high quality healthcare to american indians living on and around ihs reservations and alaska natives.

other services: ofmq services provide clinical and process improvement assistance and reduction of unnecessary medications in oklahoma nursing homes. Medical case reviews are conducted focusing on evaluating and improving health care to meet the needs of our customers. Quality improvement support services are provided to hospitals and critical access hospitals. Services provided to the community include peer review for credentialing, statistical analysis, clinical research, continuous quality improvement training and health care quality improvement projects.

health information technology: ofmq assists providers and hospitals to implement and more meaningfully use technology to improve patient care and outcomes. Assistance is provided in the adoption of electronic medical records systems and payment and quality programs. Consulting services include quality improvement and technology assistance.