This document discusses best practices for implementing a patient rounding program to improve a hospital's Value-Based Purchasing score. It recommends 5 key steps: 1) design the rounding experience for end users, 2) make a plan and outline the process, 3) evaluate opportunities with change agents by reviewing data, 4) drive actions by addressing issues found and facilitating connections between departments, and 5) use data to create accountability through dashboards and reports. Implementing an effective rounding program requires leadership buy-in, mapping the process, inviting various departments to review data, designing structured questions, and driving follow-up actions to address issues in a coordinated way.
2. Senior Operations Consultant, Carilion Clinic
For Carilion Clinic, a non-profit health system based in Roanoke
Virginia, Jeff lead an organization-wide implementation of
rounding tools, starting with Patient facing satisfaction and
safety rounds and later including Staff Rounding and
Compliance and Audit (non-patient) rounding. Since inception,
almost 200,000 rounds have been completed and sustained
results including: improvement in HCAHPS, a reduction in HAI,
namely Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs).
Rounding efforts have exposed improvement opportunity in a
variety of areas and the use of data and actionable follow-ups
have translated to improvement.
Jeff Echternach
3. Senior Research and Data Scientist
Carol Haney’s principal research area is online
quantitative research, specifically sampling,
methodological best practices, and advanced
analytics. Carol currently works with multiple clients in
the healthcare spaces. Carol has experience running
large survey programs that involve segmentation,
patient and customer experience, brand
communications, and performance measurement.
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