3M™ APR DRG Software is widely used today for adjusting large volumes of data to reflect severity of illness and risk of mortality. 3M APR DRGs are an extension of the basic DRG structure that includes four severity-of-illness levels and four risk of mortality levels within each DRG. The 3M APR DRG severity and mortality subclasses are assigned according to a sophisticated clinical logic that simultaneously evaluates the interactions of multiple co-morbidities, age, procedures, and principal diagnosis.

The 3M APR DRG Software allows for comparison of hospital service lines, individual physician performance, and patient outcomes through the use of severity adjustment that creates a common measurement across disparate patient types. Quality initiatives and operational improvement can be targeted with 3M APR DRGs.

APR DRG Fact Sheet (PDF 152KB)

• Better documentation of patient acuity helped Vanderbilt Medical Center (PDF 91 KB) increase the accuracy of published quality performance reports.
• Conway Medical Center (PDF 205 KB) improved patient documentation to reduce claims needing re-review to less than 10 records per week.
• Johns Hopkins Hospital (PDF 162 KB) improved its case mix index to 9.7 percent in three years.
• Improved data reporting enabled Methodist Medical Center (PDF 164 KB) to accurately document the health of its patient population.

Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que le logiciel APR-DRG de la Division Systèmes d’information Médicale de 3M est maintenant disponible à travers la province du Québec.

Si vous êtes un client utilisant cette application et si vous avez besoin de support technique, ou bien si vous êtes intéressés a en apprendre d'avantage sur ce logiciel, appeler le 1-800-364-3577 et un membre de l'équipe Systèmes d’information Médicale de 3M vous répondra.