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2010
Keep the Flywheel TurningIt’s Time to Go for the Gold
Mary BostwickBaldrige National Quality Program
Jon FrantsvogBenedictine Health System
Ed McMahonGolden Living
2010 ACHA/NCAL Quality SymposiumFebruary 9-10, 2010
Baltimore, MD
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Deployment
Work UnitsFacilitiesLocations
LeadershipManagementSupervision
Front line employee
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Learning
Fact based evaluation and improvement cycle
BenchmarkingSharing of ideasAnalysis
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Integration
PlansProcessesMeasures
Resource DecisionsResults and Analysis
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Trends
Direction and rate of change
Minimum of 3 data points
Time period
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Integration
Areas of importance
Valid indicators of future
performance
Harmonized across processes and
work units
Reference Pages 32, 69
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III To Go for the Gold
How To Use Examiner Feedback
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What’s In Your Feedback?
Possibly a summation statement
Strengths
OFI’s (Opportunities for Improvement)
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You Asked For It,
You Paid For It,
Why Not Use It!
How To Use Examiner Feedback
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You Know Your Organization!
The Examiners Do Not!!• We Can Only Use Our Best
Understanding
Your feedback may contain information that looks wrong, your feedback may contain information that is wrong!
Although we strive for “perfection,” we do not achieve it in every comment. If Examiners have misread your application or misunderstood your organization on a particular point, don’t discount the whole feedback report.
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Celebrate and Build Upon Your Strengths• Your Strengths Are Where
You Have The Fastest Path to World Class Performance & Competitive Advantage
Share Your Strengths Across Your Organization• They Are a Strong
Foundation For Organizational Learning
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Use Feedback In Your Strategic Planning.
Prioritize Your Opportunities For Improvement – You Can’t Do Everything At Once
Share Your Strengths Across Your Organization• They Are a Strong
Foundation For Organizational Learning
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“What” is not “How”
HowThe term “how” refers to the systems and processes that an
organization uses to accomplish its mission requirements.
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Feedback Is Not:Comprehensive or Prescriptive
Your feedback likely will not cover all criteria, and some areas may be more comprehensive than others. Use the ideas and themes of your feedback to help your entire application.
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We work in LTC, too! (a blessing or a
curse?)• We want you to be a better
organization!• We want you to have a better
application!• We want you to receive an
award!
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Going for the Gold
So what do I have to do now?
Preparing the Application
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2009-2010 Health Care Criteria For Performance Excellence• Read the AHCA
Gold Award Instructions
• Read the current Baldrige criteria
• Understand the criteria –read the glossary and Notes
• Answer the criteria
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When should I begin putting it all together?
• Earn the Silver and use the Silver
• 1-2 year process for most applicants
• Quality as a way of life – not just an application process
• Complete the application 1-3 months in advance of the submission date
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Gold Applicant’s Tasks
• Develop a clear and concise
Organizational Profile
• Provide clear, concise and complete
answers to the approach-deployment-
learning and integration process
questions
• Provide a history of positive results
over several years in clinical, people
and business outcomes
• Do not allow the application to divert
your focus from your business!
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Building the Team
• Application Manager• Project Planner• Category Leaders• Document/data gatherers• Results gatherers• Writers• Editors• Graphics/Computer
speicalists
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Writing the Application
• Single Writer ApproachOne voiceConsistency and clear
linkagesReduces gaps and
redundanciesThe application becomes
the writer’s life
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Writing the Application
• Multiple writers with editorSenior team members
as category leaders and writers
Increases team involvement and commitment
Gaps and redundancies inevitable
Need a Great Editor!
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Helpful Tips
• Refer to the scoring guidelines for language
• Refer to the scoring guidelines for ADLI check
• Refer to the scoring guidelines to gauge your breadth and maturity
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Helpful Tips
• Consider a draft with each criterion in red above each answer
• Keep all drafts and save them Safely
• Consider a “war room” with a wall of categories
• Understand the core value associated with each item
• Go to www.quality.nist.gov/ and read applications on line
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Helpful Tips
• Write your own internal feedback as you go – consider this an assessment process
• Everything counts: grammar, style prose, consistent voice, format, etc.
• Celebrate along the way!• Employ multiple reviewers and
critics• Maintain your Sanity!• Submit the application (On
Time!)