Point of Service Care Management
The margin meets mission interface
If you desire these outcomes:
| ■ | Reduce LOS |
| ■ | Decrease cost per case |
| ■ | Manage inpatient bed capacity |
| ■ | Mobilize the Medical Stall around clinical resource utilization |
| ■ | Improve patient and physician satisfaction |
| ■ | Elevate the role of the professional nurse at the unit level |
Solutions and Action Strategies
A model for integration of care management and care delivery that:
| ■ | Aligns the goals of nursing and medical staff with hospital fiscal performance targets |
| ■ | Includes expectations around clinical best practice performance |
| ■ | Integrates care planning for the patient's stay with the plan for care each day |
| ■ | Identifies and targets high-risk, problem-prone, patient populations |
To accomplish these goals and objectives:
| ■ | Create nursing leadership roles inclusive of clinical resource utilization responsibilities |
| ■ | Renew nursing-medical staff partnerships in care |
| ■ | Identify the acute care goal within twenty-four hours of patient admission |
| ■ | Implement processes for timely communication of clinical information and medical decision making |
| ■ | Provide Balanced Scorecard reporting to medical and nursing staffs |
| ■ | Promote and support trans-disciplinary care planning and information sharing |
| ■ | Begin post-acute care planning on the day of patient admission |
Care Management Solutions is a niche consulting firm. Large and small hospitals around the nation benefit from more than 60 years of healthcare experience. Content expertise, administrative and interpersonal skills allow your team to experience the success you need and deserve.
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