Themes of Solutions
Maintaining and Enhancing Patient Care is of primary importance while positioning for an improved financial position in the marketplace.
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Betty J. Noyes, MA, RN
Redesign for Excellence, Patient Care, and Financial Return |
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Unit Reconfiguration
- Aggregating similar patients on the same unit
- Establishing a desirable unit census
Support Service Decentralization
- Moving frequently used patient care support services to the unit whenever possible
Human Resource Management
- Redefining job criteria
- Redefining skill mix
- Cross-training employees to multipurpose roles
- Authority realignments
- Credibly systematizing staffing practices
- Changing model of care delivery
- Enhancing team performance
- Simplification of information/communication
- Initiation of cost and labor saving suggestions
Patient Care Management
- Enhancing coordination from pre-admission to post-discharge
- Critical Pathways
- Meaningful quality indicators
- Team with medical staff
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