AHA

Hospital policies and procedures can quickly become out of date or misplaced without an efficient management system in place, increasing clinical, operational and noncompliance risks. With its paper-based system, Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio was challenged with poor policy archival management, departmental policies that conflicted with hospital-wide policies and a lack of reminders to alert staff when policies were due for review and revision.

Join us to learn how Methodist Healthcare implemented software and services to organize its policies and procedures so they would be available when needed to address compliance and other issues. Discover the new processes and techniques that led to improved and quicker policy development and approval, streamlined policy management workflow and increased staff satisfaction.

You Will Learn:

• Potential benefits for your organization in implementing policy/procedure management software and services
• Using a “shepherding” process to guide document owners
• Algorithms and checklists that direct policy development decision making
• Creating a policy training video for your organization