In July 2016, IDSA’s Board of Directors (BOD) commissioned the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) to develop a business case to highlight the benefits and possible solutions an IDSA-sponsored registry would provide an ID physician to increase their value within the changing health care payment system that is shifting from fee-for-service to performance-based payments. The business case proposed two strategic directions, 1) IDSA collects data from ID physicians in order to measure quality, report on their behalf when possible, and provide them bench-marking reports or 2) IDSA provides the “intellectual property” that enables hospitals to measure the care that ID physicians provide within the hospital’s electronic health record systems. The complete IDSA Registry Business Case is available for IDSA members.
In October 2016, the BOD elected to pursue the strategic initiative of collecting data from ID physicians in order to measure ID quality of care. For next steps, the BOD directed the QIC to develop a business plan to highlight how to develop an IDSA-sponsored clinical data registry. The business plan will be presented to the BOD in March 2017 and will explore the financial and legal requirements to develop and operate an IDSA registry, the governance structure for management of an IDSA registry, the projected timelines for piloting testing and multi-phase implementation an IDSA registry, and the evaluation of potential registry vendor partners to develop an IDSA registry. In evaluating potential registry vendor partners, IDSA has solicited a Request for Information (RFI) proposal. The finalized business plan will be available for the IDSA membership upon completion.