Partnership Matters
Brought to you by the Labor Management Project, Partnership Matters gathers news about best practices, training opportunities, reports and more to help you keep up with the latest trends in health care delivery and labor-management partnerships.
The Changing of the Guard at the LMP
Susan Wasstrom, interim director of 1199SEIU’s Training and Employment Funds’ Labor Management Project (LMP) retired on April 1, after 14 years of service. Taking her place as co-directors of the LMP are Bernadette Braddy and Clyde Riggins, Jr.
CNAs Find New Career Path through Isabella’s Patient Care Technician Program
For 19 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) from Isabella Nursing Home, April 6 was the beginning of a new career path. There were tears of joy and loud applause as these CNAs found out that they all successfully completed and graduated from a new Patient Care Technician (PCT) Training program.
Operating in a VUCA Environment
A VUCA environment is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Sound familiar? Welcome to the healthcare world in which we are now operating.
Diabetes Prevention Program at MSBI Marks Early Success
After its first few months of work with Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) employees who have prediabetes, a diabetes prevention program launched last fall by MSBI management and union partners, in collaboration with the Labor Management Project’s (LMP) Workplace and Community Health Program, reports encouraging results.
Resources
Participate in the National Patient Safety Foundation’s complimentary webinar, “Patient Safety is a Public Health Issue” on demand.
Lowering Costs and Reducing Waste at Saints Joachim & Anne
The latest case study from the Labor Management Project (LMP) research team spotlights the successful Lean improvement program completed, with the help of the LMP, at Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. The report is the second in a series of LMP case studies titled The Power of Partnership.
Labor Management Consultants Step into Shoes of EVS Workers
Labor Management Project consultants Paul Padial, Francois Philippe, and Mike Shay recently shadowed environmental service workers at Maimonides hospital in order to understand more fully the work of the teams they had been asked to support as part of the EVS Self-Managed Work Teams Project.
Many Overcrowded EDs Could Improve Patient Flow Interventions
Emergency Department (ED) crowding has been a growing problem over the last two decades, leading to poor patient outcomes including increased rates of mortality and cardiovascular complications. A national study published in Health Affairs showed that while the average number of interventions to reduce crowding increased in the period 2007-2010, many of the most crowded EDs have not adopted certain proven interventions to improve patient flow.
Conference Attendees Discuss Future of Healthcare in New York
Representatives from the Labor Management Project and other 1199SEIU funds were among the close to 400 providers, researchers, and public officials who participated addressed shifts in health care and discussed what the health system will and should look like five years hence at Health Care 2021: A Vision for New York.
Resources
A short video about an eight-year-old with epilepsy demonstrates how labor-management partnerships can improve patient care by empowering health care staff at all levels to share their observations and ideas.