Hampson - decreasing OR turnover time

Hampson - decreasing OR turnover time

by Lindsay Hampson -

What level of government did you target to translate your research into policy and why did this make the most sense?

What level of government makes the most sense for you to translate your research into policy and why?

  • The first level of targeting for this project needs to be at an institutional level. There needs to be buy-in from the institution to carry out this project initially, and once we have some data we can then think about how to share those results outside the institution.

What level of government makes the most sense for you to translate your research into policy and why?

  • Ultimately, this project is hard to target a specific level of government, because the project is targeting systems changes that can help the institution. In our case, this is a state-funded institution so perhaps the first place would be to target state government. In the end, however, these efforts will need to be focused on an institutional level, and institutions are different in terms of their funding and oversight. Perhaps looking to bodies such as the Joint Commission could start to incorporate some of these changes into their accreditation policies/procedures/reviews.

What strategies did you use to reach policymakers? 

  • We am to have institutional leaders involved in our stakeholder meetings, as we see them as an important part of the stakeholder group.
  • Institutional leaders could be provided anonymized data on a monthly basis to keep them informed of the progress we make. It will be important to involve them to understand the financial benefits of the changes that we make, so they certainly need to be involved in the process.

What steps are available to you to reach policymakers?

  • By involving Department Chairs and individuals who have higher level of responsibility in the institution, hopefully this will help to provide awareness of this project on an institutional level.
  • By doing this project through CaringWisely, we hope to develop institutional support and buy-in.
  • I have also worked to develop relationships with the CFO and CMO, promoting these concepts and this project, so that we have buy-in from institutional leaders already. This is much easier given that we are talking about saving the institution money!

Re: Hampson - decreasing OR turnover time

by Ralph Gonzales -

Good effort Lindsay.

This is a tough area to fit to a policy agenda.  At the institutional level, what types of policies might facilitate your program?... I guess it depends on what specific strategies are needed to succeed in reducing OR turnover time, and to then create policies to ensure these strategies remain in place.

You have some good strategies for engaging institutional leadership… and that’s always a good first step toward policies that maintain/sustain the program.

Re: Hampson - decreasing OR turnover time

by Purba Chatterjee -

Hi Lindsay,

Since your intervention is focused on systems changes you could think about governing bodies that address health care delivery systems reforms. A couple of bodies that come to mind are: the CA Public Hospitals and Health Systems Association; and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. I think both these governing institutions would be very interested in your findings.

-purba