The Platform for Healthcare Transformation
Short Stories
Creating Collaborative Change – Board of Directors
Ron is the CEO of an average sized hospital. The next Board meeting is soon. His goal – Members are proactively prepared to address current events, potential concerns, and opportunities.
Being a subscriber of RamaOnHealthcare (ROH) and using the Platform for Healthcare Transformation, Ron requests an update from the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) pertaining to hospital reimbursement. The CFO, also a Platform Member, provides the latest information regarding proposed legislation reducing reimbursement and the opposing opinion from the American Hospital Association. The Chief Medical Officer spoke with the AHA who have contacted state Representatives and Senators. The CFO has a proactive team considering options should the legislation pass.
Staffing challenges over the past two years have been significant. The Chief Nursing Officer, Human Resources Director, and Employee Assistance Liaison (using The Platform) combined talents and resources with the latest information to implement stress relief measures throughout the organization resulting 8% decrease in staff turnover.
Innovation Engineer, Terry, updated the Board regarding a proposed CareAtHome service. Utilizing The Platform to research promising technologies, care and case management software, supportive services, DME, medication management, reimbursement options, local needs assessment and more, staff from Home Healthcare, Social Worker, Pharmacy, and IT collaborate to determine opportunities, synergies, challenges, applications, resources, solutions, and needs.
The Impact of Dispersing Timely Information to Staff
Caroline is Director of Healthcare Risk Management within a large healthcare system. She manages nine staff members across the system and within various specialized services. As a subscriber of RamaOnHealthcare, Caroline saves current insights throughout healthcare risk management on her Platform for Healthcare Transformation. She shares the latest pertinent information and innovative best practices with individual staff to keep them current within specific areas, and among the entire team as appropriate. Updates pertinent to policy modification, preventative maintenance schedules, changed safety measures, equipment testing, etc., are also discussed at weekly staff meetings.
“I feel better knowing they are getting the very latest information and insights within the industry. The information is a quick read of 3 – 5 minutes. It is the ideal way to integrate quality continuous improvement into the workday for all. Both the daily newsletter from ROH and the use of the Platform for Healthcare Innovation are invaluable! What is there not to LOVE about this!”
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