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Leveraging resource management to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support.
Written by: Cathy Dwyer and Al Fiandaca
No healthcare organization can operate effectively or efficiently without access to the right resources – the people and things that make healthcare happen. Understanding how patient demand impacts staff and equipment usability and productivity can provide your organization with the insights needed to conquer any challenge.
COVID-19 has heightened the importance of resource management as facilities try to track equipment, reopen facilities, and more. This timely white paper provides organizations with practical guidance by demonstrating how one organization used resource management tools to address an anticipated patient surge during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this white paper, you will learn why resource management is important in the everyday operations of healthcare organizations. Readers will learn how resource management helps prevent scheduling conflicts, communication errors, and clinician underuse or overuse.
In this free white paper, Cathy Dwyer, Vice President and CIO of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, explains how their team used resource management to:
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Recorded Oct 23, 2018
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Solutions Manager, WellSky
Al Fiandaca has been the Solutions Manager of WellSky Resource Manager for over nine years. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on the role of scheduling in patient care. His expertise has led to many proprietary innovations that help reduce no-shows, enhance patient adherence, increase revenue at the front desk, improve the patient experience, and increase provider efficiency.
Cathy Dwyer has been a member of the IT team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital for almost 20 years and has served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the last nine. She has worked in several capacities from interface programmer, report writer, system integrator, clinical liaison, business partner and analyst, up to her current management role, while still keeping an eye on the day-to-day operations of her team. She oversees the use of all information systems within the hospital and makes sure the hospital keeps pace with advancements in technology. Prior to joining Burke, Cathy held IT positions with Reader’s Digest Association and IBM Corporation. She is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Cathy has achieved the distinction of being a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO), and she holds a MBA from Manhattan College.
Al Fiandaca has been the Solutions Manager of WellSky Resource Manager for over nine years. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on the role of scheduling in patient care. His expertise has led to many proprietary innovations that help reduce no-shows, enhance patient adherence, increase revenue at the front desk, improve the patient experience, and increase provider efficiency.
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People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.
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