Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use, remote patient monitoring, and healthcare apps galore, just to name a few. The industry has recently seen a tremendous rise in new technologies that are changing the way healthcare is delivered today. These advancements have led to new standards of care but have also had a significant impact to the knowledge and skill-sets needed for healthcare staff to remain successful and deliver quality care.
However, rolling out new technology initiatives across organizations often come with their own set of challenges – possibly leading to a totally different type of “disruption”. Learn strategies for how your organization can minimize “growing pains” and realize the benefits of these new healthcare technologies sooner.
Join Elizabeth Robledo, Talent Management System Program Manager at Legacy Health and Rehan Mirza, Product & Verticals Marketing Manager at Cornerstone OnDemand as they discuss:
-Big health tech trends of 2016
-Impacts of new technology on the modern healthcare workforce
-Strategies for implementing new technology at your organization
2. A Bit About the Speakers
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Rehan Mirza – Manager, Products & Verticals Marketing,
Cornerstone OnDemand
• Former healthcare management consultant
• Co-founded a digital health tech start-up
• Family of physicians (except him)
Elizabeth Robledo – Talent Management System Program
Manager at Legacy Health
• Over 12 years of experience in business development &
talent management
• Manages key strategic performance, succession and
learning initiatives at Legacy Health
3. Agenda
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• A Quick Industry Primer
• The Rise of Health-Tech
• Impacts to the Workforce
• Electronic Health Records
• Strategies on Effective Roll-out
• Case Example – Legacy Health
• Employee Recognition & Talent Management
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Rising Costs, Sub-optimal Outcomes
• We’re still spending a lot
• Outpacing inflation and overall
economic growth
• $3trillion - 17.5% of US GDP (2014)
• 2.4% faster than GDP since 1970
“A Cure for Health-Care Costs,” MIT Tech Review: Business
Report,2013
• But we have not seen better
outcomes
• Life Expectancy below OECD avg.
• Still spending much more than other
developed countries
• $9.5k spending per capita (2014)
“Why U.S. Health Care is Obscenely Expensive,” Huff Post, 2013
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Major Industry Factors
• Political Reform
• Affordable Care Act (2014)
• HITECH Act (2009)
• Demographic Shifts
• Growing 65 & over population
Rock Health – Affordable Care Act For Dummies, Presentation 2013
• Economic Realities
• Costs continue to rise
• Shrinking state Medicaid budgets
• Volume to Value Shift
• Shared risk models; Focus on outcomes
• Value-based purchasing
• Population Health Management
• Rise of healthcare “consumer”
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Where Does Technology Fit In?
Healthcare leaders & regulators are now looking for
new technologies to help “disrupt” the status quo
E. Topol, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, 2012
10. 10
New Health Tech Products
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Major Implications for the Workforce
• Learning curve can be steep & stakes are high
• Much more software & hardware to know how to use
• Constantly evolving information, protocols and best practices
• Provider time already at a premium
• Massive amounts of data to make sense of
• Typically less receptive to change and innovation
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Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Healthcare Technology Initiation, J.P. Morgan, North America Corporate Research,
November 17, 2015
• Massive uptick in EHR
adoption, driven by:
• HITECH
• Meaningful Use Incentives
• ICD-10 Coding Needs
• Over the last 5 years,
constant cycle of:
• Go-lives (big bangs & rolling)
• Ongoing expansions & upgrades
• Constantly evolving system
• Only a few major players
• Flurry of rollouts
• Many organizations had to fend for
themselves
17. EHRs – A Tale of Two Systems
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Healthcare Organizations
Often Expected This…
1. Enhance physician’s ability to provide high-
quality care
2. Support team-based care
3. Promote collaboration across continuum of
care
4. Offer product modularity and configurability
5. Reduce cognitive workload and support
clinical decision-making
6. Promote data liquidity across providers
7. Facilitate digital and mobile patient
engagement
8. Expedite incorporation of end-user feedback
into EHR design
American Medical Association’s
Top Priorities for EHRs
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Key Roll-out Strategies
1. Engage highly visible executive sponsorship
2. View as much more than IT or an HR project
3. Look for easy wins & low hanging fruit
4. Identify right communication vs more
communication
5. Pursue an alignment of incentives
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Key Roll-out Strategies
6. Provide ongoing, continuous, on-demand training
7. Create easy-to-understand ‘self-service’ resources &
communities for peer-learning
8. Leverage in-house experts, power users & evangelists
9. Incorporate criteria into hiring plans and recruiting practices
10.Outline a clear staff engagement plan – ensure a LONG tail
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Finding the Right Rhythm
• New health-tech will continue to
emerge
• Good, early planning prevents the
“0-60” sprint
• Communication, buy-in and
alignment help find your stride
• Ongoing opportunities for
improvement
22. Creating A Culture of Appreciation
Employee Recognition and Talent Management
23. Who is Legacy Health?
Legacy Health is a nonprofit, locally owned organization based in Portland, Oregon,
and Southwest Washington
6 Legacy hospitals
> Two regional hospitals, including a Level-1 Trauma Center
> Three community hospitals
> Randall Children’s Hospital
Other Legacy facilities
> Primary care and specialty clinics
> Legacy Devers Eye Institute
> Legacy Hospice
> Legacy Laboratory Services
> Legacy Research Institute
> Legacy Oregon Burn Center
> Legacy Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon (RIO)
11,000+ employees, 2,500+ credentialed providers, students
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24. Employee Recognition 1.0
In October 2008, Employee Recognition page launches on Legacy
intranet
Purpose was to “showcase the multiple ways that Legacy recognizes its
employees”
> Site-specific recognition programs/awards
> Link to new Kudos tool
New emphasis on employee recognition:
> Legacy succeeds because of our employees
> Ongoing priority is to recognize the enduring and meaningful relationships
among colleagues, patients and families
> Give credit for the extraordinary care given to our patients and our
collaborative culture
25. 2015 - Time for a change
Old Kudos system was build on a proprietary platform that our IS
department could no longer support
Need a cost-effective solution
Must address shortcomings of old system
> Not easy to give a Kudos
Difficult to find, multi-step process
> Kudos had to be delivered in person by the recipient’s manager
Often long delays between Kudos submission and Kudos presentation
> Excluded non-employee populations
Impossible for non-employee providers to give or receive a Kudos
> No visibility to past Kudos
Not available electronically
> User interface/experience was dated
> No integration with performance
26. Integrated Employee Recognition
Solution: Utilize our existing Cornerstone Talent Management System (E+)
Cost effective
> Feedback tool is part of Cornerstone’s Performance module
Easy to use
> 2 steps to give a Kudos
> E+ is used on a regular basis by a majority of our employees
Accessible by non-employee populations
> Non-employee providers, students and contractors have E+ accounts
> Web-based access from anywhere
Increased visibility
> Past Kudos are visible to everyone
> Kudos can be viewed inside the Performance Review
Customizable
> Rebrand ‘Feedback’ to ‘Kudos’
> Custom badges support the attributes of the Preferred Employee Profile
28. Change Management
Announced new tool in our weekly system-wide newsletter
Online tutorial demonstrating how to give a Kudos
Login message announcing the new Kudos tool with a link to the Kudos tutorial
Link to the tutorial from the ‘What’s New’ section of the E+ home page.
Held a Kudos contest for three weeks in Nov/Dec with prizes for both the Kudos
giver and the Kudos recipient
Blazer playoff tickets for the 4 employees who received the most Kudos
29. Ease of use + change management = successful adoption
Adoption
Month Old New Change
Nov 501 1022 +104%
Dec 522 1073 +105%
Jan 505 1435 +184%
Feb 532 1242 +133%
March 566 1190 +110%
30. Impact on our Culture of Appreciation
Acts of appreciation are no longer hidden
Employee recognition is visible across sites and at all levels
Recognition is not delayed
Breaking down barriers between employees and non-employees
Staff are more likely to pay-it-forward.
31. Future plans
Align Kudos to new shared behavioral competencies
Integrate Kudos into the performance review process
Gifts and contests to reward using the Kudos system
32. Key takeaways
Break down the silos
> Recognition is more impactful when it is shared across the entire
organization
Leverage your core systems
> Integrate employee recognition with performance management
Make it easy
> Don’t create unnecessary steps or barriers to sharing recognition
Understand your audience
> Who is using the system and how
Align to Performance Management
> Employee recognition should support your core competencies
Make it meaningful AND fun!
In a past life I was a management consultant where I helped hospitals with a variety of projects, including:
Revenue Cycle improvement
Patient Access process redesigns
EMR system designs, implementations, stabilizations and optimizations
I then left consulting to go to the wild world of startups – where I worked with two Stanford neurosurgeons to develop a mobile communication platform to improve patient/physician communication post-discharge
And even though I’ve left the
Before we get started, I want to thank Industry Dive for putting on this event, to Elizabeth for coming on to share the amazing work they are doing at Legacy Health, and to the audience for taking time out of your busy day to attend.
Ok, jumping in – Here is an outline of what we will cover today.
I’ll give a quick overview of the current challenges and trends within the healthcare landscape
Then look at how these factors have catalyzed a recent rise in new health tech and the subsequent implications for the workforce
I’ll also talk a little about Electronic Health Records and what we’ve seen occur in that space
And then I’ll hand it over to Elizabeth from Legacy to share her learnings from a recent project Legacy Health undertook
So – while I know many of today’s attendees come from a healthcare background, I still think it useful to level-set a bit what’s going on
So here’s the not so rosy news we all frequently hear about
- Our healthcare costs continue to rise – not just in sheer dollars, but also as they significantly outpace GDP
- The gap between what percentage we spend on healthcare compared with other countries has also continued to widen
Except, this hasn’t translated into better outcomes
- We still continue to rank behind many other developed nations when comparing healthcare outcomes
- Even though we spend significantly more
From a trends standpoint, the Healthcare industry is also experiencing a number of key trends
As Baby Boomers age, we’re continuing to see a rise in the elderly population – which have a significant impact on future spending
We’ve continued to see overall healthcare costs rise, while many state & government funded programs have scaled back
Starting with HITECH and more recently with ACA – the industry has been at the forefront of new regulation and political reform
And coming from this – we’ve seen new models rise
Moving from fee for service to shared risk models
Greater focus on preventative healthcare for the population
And seeing the patient as a consumer, which has really emphasized the patient experience
So besides having a ton on here and being very difficult to read…. What is this graph trying to say?
Well, it says a few key things:
The axis’ focus on two items - level of inefficiency and the potential for improvement
The bubble size indicates the overall system size
In short – there’s tremendous opportunity to be doing stuff better.
And with that in mind…
These have really been some of the pivotal factors within the healthcare ecosystem that have given rise to new health tech
Knowing the status quo couldn’t continue, healthcare leaders and regulators have been looking for solutions. And technology as a whole has continued to advance at an exponential pace.
Better communication, increased storing and processing of data and complex operations….with all of that moving into the palm of your hand…and then all of that compounded by a fully connected ecosystem. Giving rise to what is being called “The Great Inflection of Medicine”
So what’re the possible impact?
Well a recent Commonwealth Fund Study found that, if a range of health information technologies were to be fully implemented in just 30 percent of community-based physicians’ offices (including interoperable EHRs, clinical decision support, provider order entry, and patient web portals with secure messaging), demand for physicians would be reduced by about 4 percent to 9 percent through gains in efficiency.
So what are we seeing out there? Well…the answer is A LOT!
Here is a logo-map which is a just a snapshot of new companies across the healthcare landscape….and by no means all the companies out there.
I won’t go into all of these, but wanted to focus on a few areas.
Clinical admin tools are focused on security and operational efficiency
Population health – preventative health
Online health/ gamification/ patient engagement – Focused on connecting and engaging the patient
As well as communities and networks for physicians
Then looking towards the bottom – we can see mobile health leveraging the smart phone, telehealth and remote monitoring expanding access and scale
Gosh, I love these logo maps…’
But in all seriousness, I wanted to include this layout as well, because it also shows new technology-enabled healthcare models
- including healthcare delivery and payment models
- More population & disease management platforms
Technology is empowering all stakeholders with greater knowledge
New data is available everywhere
Improved communication
Among & across providers, teams & organizations
Faster, more robust, portable, on-demand
Enhanced clinical decision making support
Better information delivered at the right time in the right place
Personalized medicine better tailored to the individual
Technology such as telehealth and remote monitoring have increased access
Driving engagement with the patient, which can also improve compliance
Overall efficiency – things run more smoothly
Ok – well besides this being the emptiest hospital setting I’ve ever seen, I also have to come in and burst the bubble that even with all these innovative technologies – there still exist major challenges.
And the challenge I will focus most on is.
Early employee recognition programs reflected the siloed nature of our organization – both physical (hospitals/clinics/system office) and workforce (clinical vs non-clinical, nurses vs. providers)
Recognition programs were site-specific (or even unit-specific), and there was little to no visibility across sites.
Only when an employee won a system-wide award was there any system-wide visibility
The Employee Recognition page and the introduction of the original Kudos tool was an attempt to place a new emphasis on employee recognition
The Kudos system continued to work, but was not widely used
The age/structure of the old system was the catalyst for change, but there were many other issues that needed to be addressed
First user had to find the system on the Intranet. Then they had to login and go through weveral steps to fill out and submit the Kudos ‘form’
Managers had to print and deliver the Kudos in person, which means the manager had to find an appropriate time within the recipient’s schedule (i.e. staff meeting) to present the Kudos
The only people who knew about the Kudos were those in the room when it was presented
We discussed several options, but using our Talent Management system was the most logical solution
Employees are in the E+ system on a regular basis for learning and performance management
The custom badges reflect the attributes of our preferred employee profile.
The feed-type layout allows users (recipient, presenter, manager) to easily scroll through an employee’s Kudos
This chart shows a year-over-year comparison of the number of Kudos given in the old system vs. the new system.
We have already integrated Kudos into performance reviews. Manager are able to view all Kudos given to an employee during the review period from inside the performance review task.