Immediately Reduce Workforce Strain
About 1 in 5 healthcare workers have left their jobs during the pandemic and community and rural hospitals are being hit with staffing shortages the hardest. Unfilled positions can lead to patient backlog, lower patient satisfaction, reducing bed capacity, shutting down of clinical service lines, low staff morale and quality and safety risks. Whether you are facing an aging workforce, rising salary costs, staffing shortages and fatigue and finding balance between multiple roles, a clinical-led team at Stroudwater can help lessen the burden of the crisis by addressing current inefficient workflow practices.
An action plan in as little as 60 days
Our multi-faceted approach is structured into four phases to address your department specific pain points that are impacting efficient workflows.
Pre-Project Planning
Discovery
Opportunity Identification
Optimization Action Plan
- Phase 1: Pre-Project Planning
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Pre-Project Planning
The goal is to understand the current operations both quantitatively and qualitatively. - Phase 2: Discovery
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Discovery
This phase will utilize observation and a quality improvement methodology to identify process inefficiencies. - Phase 3: Opportunity Identification
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Opportunity Identification
Value stream mapping provides visual representation of current processes as they occur so the focus can be on improvement where it needs to be. - Phase 4: Optimization Action Plan
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Optimization Action Plan
Utilization of a priority matrix to determine the sequencing of rapid improvement events which recommended gap closing options and expected impacts based on Phase 3.
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While we cannot provide full-time employees, we can help lessen the burden of the staffing crisis by understanding and addressing current inefficient workflow practices. Our clinician-led team will provide solutions that are customized to the challenges in your departments with sustained results and a speed to value.
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