Leaders in care coordination share successful strategies for hospital operational improvement during a crisis
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MCG Health, part of the Hearst Health network and an industry leader in technology-enabled, evidence-based guidance, announces its partners and thought leaders from Mary Washington Healthcare will speak at the 2024 ACMA National Conference. The ACMA conference runs from April 19-22, 2024, at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
The Mary Washington Healthcare team will present the session, "Navigating Hospital Operational Improvement During a Crisis," on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time. Two of the hospital system's care coordination experts, Kimberly Mitkowski, Manager of Care Coordination, and Kelly Smith, Assistant Manager of Care Coordination, will cover several topics in their presentation:
- Successfully and safely reducing hospital length of stay for patients
- Implementing efficiency and standardization practices within utilization management and care coordination workflows
- Revenue conservation and patient experience optimization
Attendees will learn how Mary Washington Healthcare combined the power of its people, internal processes, and new technology from MCG Health to navigate the healthcare industry's unpredictability over the last three years. The speakers will share experiences helping their hospital system achieve a new model of patient care, coordination, and financial stability to improve throughput. In addition, Ms. Mitkowski and Ms. Smith will share how leveraging MCG Indicia for Admission Documentation with Synapse, a SMART on FHIR application, in conjunction with a redesigned care coordination model and hospital operating system resulted in the reduction of their excess days by 1,600 days per month. This resulted in Mary Washington Healthcare moving from the bottom 10 percent for length of stay to the top 10 percent.
Reducing excess days had a profound impact on Mary Washington Healthcare's resource utilization. Caring for patients who were staying beyond their target date required additional staff daily during a time of critical staffing shortages. Reducing excess days allowed Mary Washington Healthcare to optimize the use of existing resources ultimately decreasing their nursing premium costs.
"Mary Washington Healthcare's implementation of MCG Indicia for Admission Documentation technology has enhanced our new care coordination model," says Mary Washington Healthcare's COO and CMO, Christopher Newman, MD. "The tool supports timely, accurate admission status which drives care team alignment on length of stay and documentation for reimbursement."
For more information on the 2024 ACMA National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, visit the conference website here: https://events.acmaweb.org/website/55550/home/
About Mary Washington Healthcare
Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional healthcare system that provides inpatient and outpatient care at over 60 facilities including Mary Washington Hospital, a 471-bed tertiary hospital, Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital, four emergency departments, and a multi-specialty graduate medical education program. Mary Washington Healthcare is a non-profit health system with a longstanding commitment to provide care regardless of ability to pay. For more information about our services and facilities, visit mwhc.com.
About MCG Health
MCG, part of the Hearst Health network, provides unbiased clinical guidance that gives healthcare organizations confidence in delivering patient-centered care. MCG's artificial intelligence and technology, infused with clinical expertise, enable its clients to prioritize and simplify their work. MCG's world-class customer service ensures its clients maximize the benefits of licensing MCG solutions – demonstrating improved clinical and financial outcomes. For more information visit: http://www.mcg.com.
About Hearst Health
The mission of Hearst Health is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person's health journey. Care guidance from Hearst Health reaches the majority of people in the U.S. The Hearst Health network includes FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, Homecare Homebase, and MHK (formerly MedHOK). Hearst also holds a minority interest in the precision medicine and oncology analytics company Aster Insights. Follow Hearst Health on X @HearstHealth and LinkedIn @Hearst-Health.
Media Contact
Arri Burgess, MCG Health, (206) 389-5405, [email protected], https://www.mcg.com/
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