Powerful Projects

Medication Safety

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on Pharmacy departments’ processes and procedures associated with medication safety, management and delivery.

Medication Reconciliation
Pharmacy Turnaround Time
On-time Administration
Adverse Drug Events

Ancillary/Outpatient Throughput

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on workflows that impact throughput, turnaround, scheduling and compliance, wait times, as well as outpatient procedure utilization.

Hospital Turnaround Time
Clinic Turnaround Time
Scheduling
Wait Time Reduction
No Show/Cancellations
CT Utilization
Laboratory Turnaround Time

Emergency Department

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve Emergency Room performance on patient throughout, documentation, compliance, billing, supply chain and cost management.

Door to Provider
Outpatient Throughput
Care for Inpatients in ED (Boarding)
Cost Analysis
Utilization Patterns
Charge Capture
72 Hour Returns
Left Without Being Seen (LWBS)

Human Resources and Staff/Physician Engagement

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital staff and physician alignment and engagement.

Recruitment Time
Onboarding

Perioperative / Operating Room

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance regarding surgical care safety, quality, efficiencies and throughput.

7AM Starts
Case Cart Accuracy
Pre-Admission Testing
Same Day Surgery Throughput
Scheduling / Utilization
Room Turnover
Best Practice Surgical Safety Checklist

Nutritional Care

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve Nutritional Care performance on dietary processes for ensuring patient satisfaction, safety and efficiency.

Patient Tray Accuracy

Registration

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on patient registration, bed availability, assignment and admission processes.

Registration Throughput
Bedside Registration

Health Care-Acquired Conditions/Patient Safety

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on critical measures that impact patient safety performance and outcomes.

Heart Attack – Door to Balloon
DVT/PE Prevention
Patient Falls
Blood Utilization
Catheter-Associated UTIs
Central Line-Associated Infections
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Population Health / Care Transitions

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on high cost/high risk patient care delivery.

Cost Per Case Analysis
Congestive Heart Failure
Diabetes
Hypertension
30d Readmissions
BOOST Discharge Bundle

Revenue Cycle

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on billing and collections to optimize timely payment and allowable reimbursement.

Days in A/R
Denial Reduction
Patient Collections (up front)
Registration

Sterile Processing

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on processes impacting the reliability of instrument sterility and availability.

Throughput
Accuracy

Organizational Throughput

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on workflows that impact patient throughout across systems.

Discharge Times
Bed Priority Assignment
Room Turnover

Patient Satisfaction (HCAHPS)

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve hospital performance on all patient satisfaction domains.

Responsiveness
Room Cleanliness
Medication Communication
Discharge Education

Patient Satisfaction (CG-CAHPS)

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve clinic performance on all patient satisfaction domains.

Same Day Response
Communication of Results

Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)

A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to improve physician performance on key health risk indicators.

Hypertension
Congestive Heart Failure
Diabetes

Inventory Reduction for Savings

Using the LEAN approach of 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain), A3 works with clinical and non-clinical staff to reduce inventory costs and optimize supply chain management in all healthcare settings.

Operating Room
Emergency Department
Laboratory
Radiology
Patient Care Unit Supply Room
Nutritional Care
Sterile Processing
Medication Cabinet Systems
Physician Office Exam Rooms