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Special Workshop NZ, Lessons from the Utah Value Revolution 21 March 2017





Dates
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 - Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Meeting Code
HRT1705b

Location
Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel
Ray Emery Drive
Auckland Airport
Auckland
New Zealand

Would you like more information?
Kate Tynan
kate.tynan@healthroundtable.org


 We are delighted that Sandi Gulbransen, Director of the Quality & Value Engineering Utah Health Care (UUHC), will join  us to deliver a full day interactive workshop on  A Systems Approach to Improving Clinical Care .  Click here for brochure

Over seven years UHHC  of has built a culture of transparency and has ranked among the top 10 USA academic medical centres for quality, safety and accountability, achieving number one in 2016.  Click here for UHHC's Value Booklet

Sandi and her team of engineers, quality consultants and quality data managers facilitate, educate, and coach faculty and staff across the continuum of care.  The UUHC value improvement initiatives are underpinned by an innovative approach to clinical costing that has led to significant improvements in clinical quality, outcomes and reduced costs.   

UUHC activities have not only substantially improved the quality of hospital services but also have markedly reduced costs. Unlike almost all other major US hospitals, UUHC have been able to reduce their operating costs for the last two financial years.  The UUHC value improvement initiatives are underpinned by an innovative approach to clinical costing (Value Driven Outcomes) that has led to significant improvements in clinical quality, outcomes and reduced costs.  This workshop will fully explain the approach used at UUHC as applied to Australian and New Zealand hospital issues.  The workshop will cover in depth Three Healthcare Revolutions:

·         Volume to Value

·         Episode to Population

·         Patient to Person

Specifically participants will find out how UUHC achieved:

o     Organizing for Value: Value Driven Outcomes

o     Engaging Physicians in the Revolution

o     Accelerating Cultural Change:  Value Framework

o     The Role of Learning in Culture:  Value University

o     The Role of Application in Culture: Value Summary

The UUHC value improvement initiatives integrate the best principles, methods and structures drawn from other highly successful industries around the world. To name a few, these include ISO 9001 standards, process improvement methods drawn from lean/ Six Sigma/ PDCA, world-class data and analytic platforms, and safety science methods. Collectively these are all part of Utah’s Value Management System (VMS). The VMS is based on seven principles:- 1. Focus on the patient; 2. Providing leadership to the organisation; 3. Engaging and involving people; 4. Using a process approach; 5. Encouraging improvement; 6. Making data driven decisions; and 7. Managing organisational relationships.

 Participants are encouraged to bring a challenging patient safety process issue (something that they have tried to fix, but continues to be an issue anyway – or something new that they are struggling with because it has so many different facets). Table work will be tailored to fit participants’ needs. Throughout the workshop, Sandi will use participants and other actual Australian and New Zealand hospital issues and data to explain how the Utah methodology can be applied locally. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

·         Define the steps involved in using a systems engineering approach to solve tough clinical care delivery problems.

·         Integrate stakeholder’s needs and system requirements to design reliable care delivery processes

·         Identify metrics of success

·         Consider challenges of diffusing across your healthcare setting

The UUHC value improvement initiatives integrate the best principles, methods and structures drawn from other highly successful industries around the world. To name a few, these include ISO 9001 standards, process improvement methods drawn from lean/ Six Sigma/ PDCA, world-class data and analytic platforms, and safety science methods. Collectively these are all part of Utah’s Value Management System (VMS). The VMS is based on seven principles:- 1. Focus on the patient; 2. Providing leadership to the organisation; 3. Engaging and involving people; 4. Using a process approach; 5. Encouraging improvement; 6. Making data driven decisions; and 7. Managing organisational relationships.

 Participants are encouraged to bring a challenging patient safety process issue (something that they have tried to fix, but continues to be an issue anyway – or something new that they are struggling with because it has so many different facets). Table work will be tailored to fit participants’ needs. Throughout the workshop, Sandi will use participants and other actual Australian and New Zealand hospital issues and data to explain how the Utah methodology can be applied locally. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • -Define the steps involved in using a systems engineering approach to solve tough clinical care delivery problems.
  • -Integrate stakeholder’s needs and system requirements to design reliable care delivery processes
  • -Identify metrics of success
  • -Consider challenges of diffusing across your healthcare setting

Tuesday 21 March 2017   Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand

8.00- 9.00

Arrival Tea & Coffee

9.00 -10.30

Sandi Gulbransen. Chief Quality Officer, University Utah Health Care.

Workshop session 1. Overview of UUHC methods and consideration of some common New Zealand Hospital Issues

How UUHC achieved the #1 Vizient quality award for USA Hospitals. Specifically, how the Value Driven Outcome Program is improving the quality, safety and efficiency of all patient services

10.30– 11.00

Morning Tea

11.00 – 12.30

Workshop session 2. Explanation of UUHC process and how they can be applied to some presented NZ data from Health Roundtable reports. Work on participant’s problems.

12:30 –1:15

Lunch

1.15 -  2.50

Workshop session 3. Further work on UUHC process and how they can be applied to participant’s clinical quality and safety problems.

2.50 – 3.10

Afternoon Tea

3.10 – 4.00

Workshop session 4. Final session on UUHC processes and discussion in groups on local problem solutions.

4.00 pm

Workshop close.




Accommodation & Flight Arrangements
Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements.


Suggested Accommodation

Accommodation Contact Details Reference Code Discounts
Novotel Auckland Airport Hotel
International Terminal Ray Emery Drive, Auckland Airport, Auckland 2022, New Zealand

+64 9 257 210
h7485-re2@accor.com
Block ID 1329202 $279.00


To book this rate, please call the reservations team on +64 9 257 210 or email h7485-re2@accor.com
Ensure you reference the Block ID #
1329202.
All bookings are subject to availability. The rate is valid till the Tuesday 28th February 2017.


CAR PARKING INFORMATION

Complementary car parking is available to our conference day delegate guests in the short term uncovered “A” car parking area which is situated opposite the international terminal behind the hotel. The hotel is unable to provide the discounted rate should delegates park in the short term uncovered “C” premium car parking spaces, situated in front of the hotel.

Complementary car parking in short term uncovered “A” is up to 12 hours.

Car parking from 12-24hrs or any parking in Car park “C” is $41.00 per vehicle and payable at the airport pay machines.

Please note Auckland Airport has introduced a “90 minutes” zone in Car park “A”

The hotel will not be held responsible for any ticket loss. Should guests lose their parking ticket, please contact the Auckland Airport, a charge may be applied by the Airport.


Guest Presenters Biography
Sandi Gulbransen is the Director of the Quality & Value Engineering departments at University of Utah Health Care. Sandi co-founded the Value Engineering program in 2009. She and her team of engineers, quality consultants, and quality data managers facilitate, educate, and coach faculty and staff across the continuum of care, and she has extended the team’s work across all of Health Sciences. The value improvement initiatives conducted to date have led to significant improvements in clinical quality and outcomes as well as resulted in multi-year bottom line savings to the organization. 

Sandi has more than 20 years’ experience in process improvement, quality, and operations management for both the retail and healthcare industries. Throughout her career, Sandi has applied engineering principles (improvement science) to design and implemented process improvements leading to consistent and sustained improvements in outcomes, efficiency and productivity. Sandi is an Industrial Engineer with both Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma certificates and is currently working on her MS in Biomedical Informatics.  http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2552208

1. Vivian S Lee et al. Implementation of a Value Driven Outcomes Program to identify high variability in clinical costs and outcomes in association with reduced cost and improved quality. JAMA 2016:316 (10): 1061-1072