Teamwork really does make the dream work. Healthcare is all about collaboration. Sharing a few observations that contribute to University of Rochester and Golisano Children’s Hospital At Strong's leadership in innovation.
Healthcare is inherently risk averse-- "first do no harm." All too often, this translates to "don't change anything." Hence a our healthcare system stays mired in inefficiencies, and with a rapidly changing workforce, paradoxically falls further and further behind.
Large academic health systems tend to be blessed with more funding, faculty, and staffing. They also tend to be loaded with bureaucracy. While their excellent outcomes and cutting-edge research make them beacons of quality healthcare nationally, their model is not replicable for the typical community or regional hospital -- systems which are struggling with workforce turnover, soaring labor costs, thin management, and a margin (often negative) dependent upon clinical volume and efficiency. These small to medium-sized hospitals care for the vast majority of US patients, and they don't have the time or bandwidth to research new solutions.
URMC is a mid-sized academic system, and their primary focus is on patient care. They feel the same deep pains as the average hospital, yet still have an academic base eager to research and innovate (especially on the clinical operations side). This combination makes them ideal leaders to drive the pragmatic change that healthcare needs.
With less layers of bureaucracy, and less encumbrance from historic and all-too-often isolationist professional siloes (Nursing, Physicians, Pharmacists, Techs), URMC leadership is more agile, and able to look at healthcare delivery holistically, from the point of view of the patient. It's not just about what each profession does, but rather about how they all work together.
Golisano thoughtfully picked their starting point for Elemeno's customizable just-in-time microlearning app. High-complexity, high-volume department; leaders desiring change; and a team excited for interprofessional collaboration.
A personal highlight was hearing from new Periop Educator Shelby Mancuso how honored she was to be working directly with Surgeon-in-Chief Marjorie Arca. No siloes. No hierarchies. Just teamwork.
With their success internally, the Surgical team was then the first to collaborate with Elemeno on a novel best practice sharing network. Many of Golisano's best practices are now functioning as templates to help hospitals around the country support their own staff and drive efficiency and quality. Every hospital joining in the network is benefiting from the shared knowledge of the community. No more reinventing the wheel. Exponentially growing teamwork. Exponentially growing value.
Additional thanks to partners Sue Bezek, Wendy Hou, Laurie Athans DNP, RN, CNL, CCRN-K and the entire URMC Golisano team!
Teamwork makes the dream work! Sharing the story from CBS RochesterFirst, showing that Rochester really is first!
In 2022, University of Rochester Medical Center Golisano Children’s Hospital At Strong Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Marjorie Arca sought a solution to keep her constantly changing team of residents and nurses on the same page with hospital-specific best practices. Partnering with CNO Sue Bezek and Periop Educator Shelby Mancuso, they were the first in New York state to deploy Elemeno Health. With proven success in Periop, Elemeno has now expanded to empower hundreds of staff across the entire hospital, saving time, reducing costs, and most importantly, driving safer care. Kudos to amazing Assistant CNO Wendy Hou in leading the GCH expansion!
Looking forward to empowering more teams and hospitals across New York!
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