Improve Residency Programs with Cielo Clinic^TM

Assists Physicians in Evaluating Residents

Typically, a physician measures, monitors and assesses a resident's care delivery performance by reviewing patient charts. This is a very time- and resource-consuming task for both the practice and the physicians. With Cielo Clinic, a physician can instantly generate reports to provide that same information. These reports document care delivery and highlight areas of effective care delivery and areas where residents may be falling short. Specifically, Cielo Clinic provides:

• Detailed information on residents, their patients and the care that was provided
• Reporting on the types of problems a resident has seen in their practice
• Tracking and monitoring of a resident's care methodology and performance
• Scoring on a resident's encounter return rate and encounter response rate

Educate Residents in Evidence-Based Guideline Delivery and Quality Improvement

Typically a resident's performance is monitored and assessed through chart pulls. An attending physician takes considerable time to pull and review numerous patient charts to evaluate quality, and methodology, of care given by residents. Outcomes research analysis by the physician can be done efficiently through the use of Cielo Clinic's dynamic reporting functions. A physician can monitor the progress of his/her residents by quickly generating one or multiple reports to identify areas of effective delivery in care, and areas where residents may be falling short. Specific benefits include:

• Training on the use of evidence based care guidelines at the point of care. Residents use the Cielo Clinic encounter form to understand needed care services for a patient, given their clinical situation.
• Management of resident research projects through the ability to locate different patient populations for research projects and document care actions taken.
• Understanding of how population management tools work and how software solutions can be aligned with quality improvement.
• Exposure to financial management through reminders and reporting for pay for performance programs and other quality initiatives. Residents gain firsthand knowledge in the importance of maximizing incentive dollars and its impact on the financial strength of the practice.