Operational Consulting
Our core team of consultants and network of experts are experienced in numerous types of healthcare organizations including multi hospital health systems, integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, community and rural hospitals, various ambulatory settings, and physician practices. With real world experience and a focus on innovative design and sound execution, our consultants can help organizations design solutions and achieve results through:
- Strategic planning
- Master facility planning
- Process improvement and reengineering
- Project and construction management
- Organizational restructuring
- Physician relations
- Personnel management
- Benchmarking and forecasting
Quality Consulting
With the advent of pay for performance and hospital core measure requirements, an organizational focus on clinical quality is no longer optional regardless of hospital size. Our consultants and network of experts have developed proven strategies in hospitals large and small to improve compliance and overall performance in the following areas:
- Hospital based core measure education and process development to ensure compliance
- Clinical documentation and data capture methods to improve hospital performance in clinical quality
- Development of processes to support National Quality Forum (NQF) safe practice recommendations
- Organizational structures to improve physician understanding of and engagement in hospital quality efforts
- Best practices in infection control surveillance and data mining
- HCAPS readiness assessment and program design
- Service Excellence program development
- Ambulatory pay-for-performance readiness assessment and program design
Organizational Assessment
Whether hospital, ambulatory care facility, or physician practice based, the LIFEworks Healthcare Consulting Group can conduct a focused review of your organization’s operational, financial, and cultural performance. We establish a baseline measurement of your current performance, develop detailed recommendations and action plans, and prepare strategies for successful implementation throughout your organization.
