From the moment I received my bachelor’s degree as a registered nurse I knew that I wanted to have a big impact on patient lives, and for many years leading up to my first job as a RN I thought my dream job was in the emergency room. However, after accepting a RN position in the Medical Group I quickly realized the breadth and depth of care that is provided in the outpatient setting and knew that my life’s work would be based there.
I have worked has an RN at St. Peter’s Health Medical Group for eight years with a career foundation built in the primary care setting, and though direct patient care was very rewarding, I have continued to aspire to do more and continue to want to increase the impact I could have on patient lives and our community.
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The teams are starting to work together to anticipate the patient’s needs, bring forward and communicate patient findings with one another, and make sure patient health needs are not over looked.
Along with the successful begining phases of implementation for team-based care, I have also lead a team of analysts to implemented data analytics and reporting systems to support the capture, analysis and use of health system data to improve population health, quality of care and cost effectiveness.
The struggle that many organizations are facing is the fact that our current healthcare payment system encourages volume-driven care rather than value-driven care. Providers, clinics, and hospitals have a financial drive to deliver more services to more people, and can even penalize providers financially for providing quality care by keeping people healthy, reducing errors, avoiding duplicative test or unnecessary care. This has led to expensive and fragmented health care. As we begin the transition from volume to value, Health care administrators needs to be able to help guide providers and other care team members’ while partnering with Payers to successfully transition payment methodologies and still running a thriving