Presenter was Scott Heisler, an RN and project manager for KP. Scott opened the meeting by informing us all that this project is in it's infancy -- they only began around 3 months ago. He said there will be more specific answers to the questions the posed during the research and deep dive portions of the project.
Scott then asked everyone what they hoped to gain from the call. I explained that because SHIP currently focuses mainly on the outpatient sector we're interested in hearing the approaches they came up with for transitioning patients from the hospital to outpatient -- and the tools they hope to use.
Scott mentioned that the group heeded the information and advice of Dr. Eric Coleman and The Care Transitions Program. http://www.caretransitions.org
During the research phase the group chose three locations to study: Denver, Honolulu, and West L.A.
They interviewed 25 (approx) people at each facility to gain an understanding of what the patients are looking for, and what they are currently doing to manage their outpatient/ home health care.
The group then invited numerous industry personnel to come in and brainstorm through ideas that would eventually become prototypes that will be field tested. The prototypes are currently being built and will be facilitated by a cross section of groups within the hospital environment (Docs, RN's, Case Managers, etc.)
More info and updates will come in 5 to 6 months.
PDF of the this presentation is on Basecamp.
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