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Learning From Patients: The Story of Ray
Every coach with a clinical background has a patient who has made a significant impact on his or her life--one who, while in the role of patient, has been the teacher. Ray* was that patient for me.
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Learn MoreEvery coach with a clinical background has a patient who has made a significant impact on his or her life--one who, while in the role of patient, has been the teacher. Ray* was that patient for me.
There are dozens of statistics on healthcare turnover. Regardless of which figure one cites, they all point to the fact that adequate staffing is a serious issue affecting providers everywhere. It is not going to be getting any easier in the foreseeable future. There are a number of important elements to consider for a good retention strategy—this article does not attempt to explore them all. Instead, it focuses on what your organization can do to be proactive and stay ahead of the curve so your best employees stay your best employees—and don’t become someone else’s.
The biggest obstacle to innovation in an organization is fear. Fear limits a leader and keeps him or her from creating ideas or finding solutions that could positively alter or change the workplace. As a patient experience coach, I have spoken to many leaders who have great ideas but remain silent.
No area has been so ignored in the push for healthcare reform as the need to prepare and position physicians to succeed—in their careers in the face of great changes, and as leaders and partners in changing the way care is delivered. The demands on physicians are changing at an unprecedented rate.
GHS faced the challenge of managing onboarding and compliance for its transient, non-employed staff—students, faculty, interns, contracted and agency staff, volunteers, affiliate physicians, and allied health professionals, who all needed orientation but were not officially employed by GHS. The hospital reduced training time for contracted new hires to 48 hours, allowing staff to be on the floor faster, resulting in cost savings by reducing staffing needs.
For healthcare organizations, retention is critical in achieving patient-centered excellence. When retention suffers, the impact is felt across many hospital strategic priorities. Many organizations create a strategic goal around retention or employee turnover; however, retention matters, not in and of itself, but because of the outcome the goal produces.
The world of the post-acute care resident and family is the focus of much debate these days, but no one can debate the need for the care that these residents so richly deserve. Often this care is an indicator of employee engagement and commitment. Care providers interact with families who face fears, issues of safety, courtesy, respect and failure to meet expectations every day. How do you best address residents and families entering your facility with these fears?
Performance appraisal and competency assessment fall into the same basic family, but they also have some differences. Performance appraisal often refers to the overall employee evaluation
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Here’s an issue that managers across the health care spectrum deal with all the time: Today is the monthly leadership meeting for our organization. The agenda was posted yesterday and includes a review of the following items:
I believe Nurse Managers have the toughest job on the planet. They are accountable for operations, budget, staff satisfaction, patient satisfaction, staffing, quality outcomes—heck, all outcomes!
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As I partner with organizations that have been on their Relationship-Based Care (RBC) journey for several years, invariably at some point the big question becomes, “How does my team maintain the exuberance and creativity to continue to deepen and also sustain our cultural transformation?”
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