Andrei Kuznetsov Email & Phone Number

Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois, United States

Implement patient safety and quality performance measures: Program for measure logic in SQL, SAS and other tools, ensure accurate and comprehensive data extraction from Electronic Medical Records (Cerner, Epic, Meditech), validate measure logic and results against external reports, generate end-user reports, including case listings and reports reflecting.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Translate quality metrics into actionable information for healthcare quality improvement
• Example: Design and produce hospital-specific reports identifying key gaps to Hospital Compare Five-Star rating
• Advise corporate leadership, the Board, the Quality Committee of the Board, and clinicians on healthcare quality measures
• Originated an idea for change in approach to HCAHPS patient experience of care survey performance, currently being considered for implementation by health system leadership
• Track trends and relationships in data used in both the government quality performance programs and proprietary reports (Truven, US World and News Report, etc.)
• Example: Track Total Knee/Hip Replacement Complication rate for hospitals in the CMS’ Comprehensive Joint Replacement Demonstration Project

Columbia, MO

• Under a multi-year federal contract, provided assistance to Missouri hospitals on quality measurement and reporting (1999 through 2014), through both one-on-one instruction as well as classroom-style training
• Developed and implemented a Core Measure Abstractor course for nurses: offered the course under the federal contract as well as on invitation to clients such as Emory University Health System’s Quality Department..
• Originated an idea for a new business line for Primaris (Core Measure abstraction services to out-of-state clients), inclusive of GPRO data collection
• Developed and implemented data quality control protocols (inter-rater reliability) for Core Measure and other medical record review business lines, affecting staff training and hiring decisions
• Department management: Department budgeting process, hiring, job descriptions, annual performance appraisals, monthly management meetings. Supervised Research Analysts, IT Help Desk Assistants, IT Technicians.
• Project management: Managed a contract with a community-based quality collaborative (the Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium) for physician quality reporting, including internal quality control for the project