Optimizing Your Capacity to Care: A Systems Approach to Hospital and Population Health Management

ISBN-13: 9781032179483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Mphm Story

Opis

It is clear that we need a significant examination and restructuring of the entire healthcare system and our Capacity to Care such that we simultaneously improve care capacity, cost, quality, accessibility, and resource gratification. This book is a comprehensive guide to a new way to optimize and manage community-wide Care Capacity via a unique

Spis treści

Introduction. Healthcare Cost: An Overview. Introduction to Workplace Culture. Making the Transition from a Culture of Accountability to a Culture of Ownership. Terminology of This Book. Introduction to Hospital Capacity Optimization. Dynamic Capacity Management: An Approach to Capacity Optimization. The Blocking and Tackling of Hospital Capacity Management. Blocking and Tackling of Capacity Management in the Emergency Department. Blocking and Tackling of Capacity Management in Surgical Services. Blocking and Tackling of Inpatient Capacity Management. Physicians and Their Role in Optimization. Preparing for Coming Change: Forming a PHO. Care Circle Networks. The Care Circle Network Concept. Assessing the Community and the Patient Population. Building the Communal Resource Pool. CCNs, Palliative Care, and End-of-Life Planning. Final Thoughts.

O autorze

Pierce Story is the co-founder of Capacity Strategies, Inc., a firm dedicated to the optimization of the "Capacity to Care" in hospitals and communities. His unique expertise lies in "Dynamic Care Capacity Management" (a concept he has developed over the past 15 years); process and systems optimization; resource utilization; and the application of systems dynamics and process simulation to healthcare environments.

During his 25-plus-year healthcare career, Story has developed several innovative care and business models to improve health system operations and promote population health outcomes. His passion lies in creating holistic, systemic responses to key constraints facing healthcare, especially in low-income and at-risk communities. He has worked extensively in departmental and hospital-wide performance and capacity optimization as well as new facility planning throughout the care continuum, including work in Emergency Departments, Surgical Services, inpatient units, and community-based health clinics.