HUMC is aligned for results.
HUMC uses a five pillar framework to align each of its strategic directions with global measures for best in class (as described above) and integrate them vertically with executive level metrics for operational performance.1 Each of the five pillar areas is weighted (but wieghts may change from year to year) to focus and align goals as they cascade to all leaders.
 
 
Mission
Provide an exceptional patient experience through quality patient centered care, community outreach, research, and education.
   
Vision
Become the leading Medical Center in the nation by 2014.
   
People
 
Service
 
Quality/Safety
 
Growth
 
Finance
Strategic Directions
 
Excel in workforce development and stability
 
Focus on customer service
 
Early adopter of clinical technology and information technology
 
Superior patient management methods, quality, and clinical outcomes
 
Selectively expand education and research
 
Growth and efficiency
 
Superior operational and financial performance
Global Measurments for Best in Class (Annual)
 
Employee satisfaction, HR metrics, staffing effectiveness
 
Patient satisfaction
 
Best technology for patient care, innovative technology, innovation measure
 
US News & World Report, JCAHO, CMS, HealthGrades, functional outcome measures, inpatient mortality, Leapfrog
 
NIH grant funding
 
Organizational growth, physician satisfaction, loyalty, and engagement
 
Bond rating, net operating margin
Operational Level Metrics
 
Nursing hours per patient day
OSHA measurement of safety

Achievement of mandatory education (percent of staff)

HR metrics (turnover rate, retention rate, professional certifications, advanced degrees, funding support for conferences)

Top 100 overall employee engagement
 
Press Ganey “likelihood to recommend”
 
Advanced clinical technology usage

Number of industry collaborations and affiliations

EMR usage

CPOE usage
 
Participation in collaboratives (e.g., JCAHO, CMS, Leapfrog, HealthGrades)

National PSI vs Medication Safety (event reporting, trigger tool)

Medicare LOS (severity adjusted)

Readmit rate < 15 days, all causes excluding elective readmits

Long term mortality

Inpatient mortality (severity adjusted)

Quality of life measurement that can be standardized (TBD)
 
Recruitment success

Matching programs

Board performance of graduates

NIH research funding level

Papers in peer review journals

Papers presented at national meetings

National/regional education programs hosted (number)

Sponsored clinical trials
 
Volume variance to budgeted

Market share

Capacity mgmt (diverts, bed turns)

Ancillary turnaround time

New pledges

Physicians on staff

HUMC physicians metropolitan and national listing of Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors

MD: Jackson
 
Cash on hand

Variance to budgeted cash collections

Variance to expense budget

Variance to revenue budget

Accounts Receivable

LOS