CareEffects: Optimizing Nursing Practice

CareEffects identifies the Critical Few—nurses whose practices, whether exemplary or struggling, significantly influence outcomes. By pinpointing these key individuals, we enable targeted learning and support. Our proprietary Context-of-Care Adjustment ensures a fair, comprehensive assessment, allowing you to understand and replicate excellence while addressing struggles within the specific care environment.

Leverage our advanced Workload and Work Shifting analysis for actionable insights:

• Ensure nursing assignments are distributed equitably
• Proactively address omitted or shifted care patterns
• Ensure appropriate recognition of effort
• Mitigate primary drivers of burnout and turnover

CareEffects integrates seamlessly, minimizing IT burden and maximizing value:

• Streamlined Data: Uses essential data you have on hand
• Rapid Setup: Efficient implementation gets you running quickly
• Minimal Disruption: Works alongside your current systems
• Quick Time-to-Value: Actionable insights within weeks, not months

Our KPIs are carefully selected to highlight correctable care processes that significantly impact patient flow and peer workload:

• Each KPI reflects a comprehensive evaluation of practice
• Takes into account patient severity, physician practices, staffing, and other crucial factors
• Enables targeted improvements in areas that matter most

Our advanced Context-of-Care Adjustment process ensures objective, actionable insights by:

• Handling missing data and nurse-patient assignment patterns
• Providing a comprehensive picture of the nursing care environment
• Enabling reliable and meaningful individual performance assessments
• Ensuring fair comparisons across different care contexts

Case Study: Troy Regional Medical Center

Troy Regional Medical Center used CareEffects to improve pain assessment and PRN opioid utilization – the result? They reduced risk-adjusted average LOS by 0.33 days among opioid-treated inpatients (45% of all admits) within 12 months without any change in prescribing practices. A positive, non-punitive approach drove substantial results.

Read a Case Study on How CareEffects Improved Bedside Practice and Patient Throughput at a Small Hospital