Governance is the practical application of structures, processes and policies towards meeting organisational goals. Leadership, oversight, accountability, quality improvement reporting & monitoring mechanisms are all key areas for consideration when striving to achieve good governance.
Good governance structures drive the provision of high quality care and services that meet the needs of residents, their families and regulatory bodies.
Elements of good governance include:
Electronic care management is the process of managing all of your care related records electronically resulting in improved quality and safety of residents’ care and enhanced workflow and efficiency.
HIQA reports in the Overview of 2016 HIQA regulation of social care and healthcare services that there are clear links between good governance of services and better outcomes for people using services.
HIQA steps for good governance include:
With the introduction of the End of Year report requirement on Nursing Homes in 2019 by HIQA, many organisations were forced to start a labour intensive data extraction and compilation process.
With VCare, this process is streamlined, ensuring you meet all of your reporting requirements, without having to invest large amounts of time. Contact us today for more information on how VCare can help you!
Lack of clear policies and procedures available to staff detailing the processes for successful completion and documentation of tasks.
Paper or a combined approach of paper/electronic systems leaves opportunity for error when it comes to accurate documentation of resident care.
Some incidents considered minor or not directly involving a resident are sometimes overlooked and not recorded for these reasons.
Using multiple sources or having no identified process to capture data can prove difficult to review the information and identify the most appropriate action.
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See below the top auditing challenges Aged Care providers face in NZ.
Nursing home facilities and their staff want to provide the best care for their residents while also complying with HIQA and GDPR standards.Traditional methods put stress on staff, increasing the likelihood of errors and reducing the quality of care.
By using an electronic management system like VCare, you remove the stresses that cause human error. This improves the quality of the records being produced and increases the ability of staff to focus on what they do best: providing high-quality care for residents.
The use of an electronic system to manage your nursing home provides management with a central location that will provide an oversight of the organisation which will aid in ensuring the highest standard of care is being provided.
Due to the dynamic nature of the Nursing Home Industry facilities are focusing their efforts on developing more efficient and productive ways to manage their facility. Easy access to accurate data is imperative in delivering the highest quality of care to your residents. We are seeing the use of electronic devices in a range of different industries and residential care is no different.
VCare’s broswer applications allows users to access and record resident data on the go. Mobilising the record management system is key in promoting:
An extensive workload combined with a time poor environment results in residential care management contantly being on the lookout for more efficient ways of managing their facilities. If you’re looking for ways to improve productivity and increase efficiency, reduce time managing resident records, and provide the highest level of care, implementing an residential software such as VCare could be the right solution for your residential care facility. VCare can help you to save both time and money.
Here are five ways VCare can help save you time in your residential care facility:
At VCare we pride ourselves in ensuring our platform provides effective data capture functions to save time and ensure quality of input. With a data rich system, you need to know what to do with all this data, to ensure your organisation is well informed and trending effectively.
Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled monitoring systems are pushing the boundaries of what is possible given continuous improvements of technological hardware, particularly sensors and cameras, in combination with AI software and the capabilities it provides including computer vision, machine learning, and predictive analytics.
VCare understands that Artificial Intelligence has a key role to play. Artificial Intelligence is leading the way in improving our ability to process and interpret large volumes of data. VCare has partnered with Gillie AI to provide our customers with the most cutting edge technology available. Data recorded in VCare is passed through the Gillie AI engine and reviewed. Deviations in health and wellbeing are identified and flagged to the care team. Gillie AI also predicts and diagnoses conditions before negative care events occur based on a wide spectrum of health identifiers.
