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In our previous blog, we discussed the top 5 quality issues nursing homes are dealing with. One of these issues is that many of them still rely on paper or spreadsheets to register incidents.
Despite the digital age we live in, we see this by many relatively small healthcare providers. Registering quality issues on paper or spreadsheets comes with many disadvantages. Much money, time and effort can be saved by using an online quality and risk management solution.
In this blog, we first describe the disadvantages of quality registrations on paper or spreadsheets. Next we describe the advantages of an online quality and risk management system. We understand that most small healthcare providers do not have the resources to afford and maintain a proper online system. But for that we found a unique solution!
We often see that relatively small healthcare providers still rely on paper or spreadsheets to register incidents. Some do not even have a real registration system in place. Here it seems to be more of an ad hoc administration. However, a paper-based registration comes with many disadvantages:
There is no effective improvement without proper measurement and analysis. So therefore, nursing homes need a system to manage their incidents, risks and improvement actions.
An online quality & risk management platform comes with many benefits that will save time and money and, not to forget, increase quality and patient safety. Here is why:
For those organizations that want to make the transition to an online quality & risk management system, but do not have the necessary resources, we created a unique opportunity! Getting an advanced online Quality & Risk Management System, while realizing opportunities for sharing resources and economies of scale and thus cost savings!
The nursing home sector is known to have the highest number of staff incidents within the continuum of care in Canada.
A project was initiated to help the nursing homes of New Brunswick creating a safer workplace without sacrificing the quality of care for their residents. The project included a shared quality and risk management platform for reporting and managing incidents.
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