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Objectives

Our Patients | Our Team | Capital | Information | Funding

1. OUR PATIENTS

a. Develop strategic plans for each of our programs groupings including:

  • links to other provider organizations
  • links to research and education
  • medical staffing requirements
  • use of priority technologies

b. Strengthen our ability to improve patient satisfaction by:

  • implementing patient education infrastructure
  • initiating Bayer training program to improve staff/patient communication
  • maintaining surgical cancellation rate (for institutional reasons within 48 hours) below 5 %
  • maintaining average inpatient occupancy below 88%
  • implementing improved wayfinding at TWH and TGH

c. Improve patient satisfaction with pain management to above 50th percentile for Ontario hospitals

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2. OUR TEAM

a. Maintain staff engagement above the critical zone (i.e., greater than +3) as measured by OSI survey of a sample of staff

b. Enhance our ability to improve staff satisfaction and engagement by:

  • implementing leadership development program with Rotman School
  • implementing code of conduct
  • implementing initiatives identified in recent OSI survey

c. Take steps to have all UHN physicians in alternative funding arrangements

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3. CAPITAL

a. Manage building projects to budget and schedule including:

  • completion of all planning phases for new ambulatory care facility in Norman Urquhart wing at TGH
  • completion of all planning phases for East Wing at TWH

b. Develop revised master plan for all three campuses

c. Begin construction of new facility for research space at TGH

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4. INFORMATION

a. To develop a corporate plan for clinical telemedicine and begin implementation

b. Implement Care@UHN initiatives including:

  • wireless desktop pilot at TWH
  • medication order entry and administration record pilot on 13 and 14 Eaton South at TGH
  • centralized electronic patient scheduling pilot at PMH for clinic and diagnostic appointments
  • program for physician feedback on test utilization
  • physician order entry task force to establish baseline and targets for medication order entry in 2003

c. Develop score cards for corporate, program groupings and core clinical services

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5. FUNDING

a. Implement government advocacy agenda to ensure adequate predictable multi-year funding

b. Strengthen our ability to increase non-government revenues by:

  • Developing a plan for accelerating commercialization of intellectual property
  • Developing a plan for expanding private pay services
  • Initiating Commercialization Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • Publicly launching the UHN fundraising campaign

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