Healthcare consulting
Coordinating patient care and improving patient satisfaction through careflow optimization
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Adding innovation to the patient care experience
Augusta University Health (AU Health) was looking to increase capacity and enhance patient experience by improving their inter-department coordination and collaboration. They hoped new innovation would help to attract new patients.
The Philips consulting team worked with AU Health to create the new organization and implement operational improvement initiatives. AU Health achieved significant results, including:
Increased process efficiency, care coordination, and costs savings
Our Approach
The Philips team assessed technology utilization, care processes, and patient navigation. Several performance improvement initiatives were identified.
Philips recommended AU Health create a new Care Facilitation Organization combining the following departments:
A training program was established covering new processes, roles and responsibilities, system utilization, and more.
Finally, a multi-disciplinary, enterprise-wide approach was developed to enhance care coordination, increase patient throughput, and overall patient satisfaction.
The new Care Facilitation Organization at AU Health focuses on enhancing patient care coordination.
Results*
Philips helped Augusta University Health create the new Care Facilitation Organization and implement operational improvement initiatives to increase technology utilization and patient workflow. These changes helped AU Health achieve:
* Results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.
Meet our team
Shyma Adams Consultant
Shyma supports the delivery of strategic consulting services using her expertise in healthcare performance improvement, project management, and data analytics. She has helped create and implement unique solutions for complex health systems.
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