Better Outcomes

Nurses are a key driver of patient outcomes, but no real detailed,
patient-level data exist that specifically show how staffing decisions
and types of interventions influence these outcomes.

Project Aperture is an initiative launched by New Health Analytics,
to arm CNOs, nurse supervisors, and direct-care nurses with the data to make
more informed decisions that will improve nurse satisfaction and efficacy
while exceeding standards for patient safety and health outcomes.

Starts with Staffing

Having the right nurse in the right place at the right time can mean the
6difference between a great patient experience or potentially costly
complications or safety issues. This means having the right number of
nurses on a shift with the right skill mix and this requires understanding the
variability in patient acuity and nurse-intensive tasks across patient populations
to find the optimal nurse-to-patient ratios across different units or specialties.

With Project Aperture, we are looking at developing smarter acuity metrics
that update throughout a shift, reflecting the reality that conditions change,
and there really is no “typical” shift for nurse. Armed with better real-time data,
charge nurses and unit supervisors can make mid-shift adjustments to reallocate
resources based on established acuity and nurse ratios by unit. This information
can also be used for resource planning using historic patient census data patterns
and other data to predict patient volume and staffing requirements.

Measuring Interventions and Outcomes

We are also looking at the various types of nurse interventions and how each
impact patient outcomes and hospital financial performance. By having in place analytics
that track activities like changes to discharge procedures and how that may impact
average length of stay. Or perhaps you’ve implemented a new patient education program
and want to measure the impact on 30-day readmission rates.

Ultimately this is about better outcomes: more satisfied nurses providing
consistent, quality care; happy, healthy patients; and financially sound hospitals.

Contact us to find out more about our pilot program.

The Team

Larry Hoffheimer
Larry is responsible for managing New Health Analytics customer relationships and
partnerships healthcare data vendors. He works closely with our hospital customers
to understand their data and performance needs to provide the right mix of solutions
that will improve health outcomes and hospital operations. He is an experienced digital
consultant and business development executive helping clients exceed their objectives
for over 20 years. He has an expert in web strategy and user-centered design principles,
with extensive experience overseeing digital projects through the full lifecycle from
strategic definition though implementation and post-production support.

Rick Hinton
Rick is responsible for new product development and is the product lead for
Project Aperture. Focusing on complex analytic solutions, he has served in product
and marketing roles, helping companies of various sizes and stages identify promising
new product opportunities. The list includes the tax consulting practice for a Big Four
firm, a venture backed startup focused on online investment and financial planning,
an internet company offering political prediction markets, and an IT solutions provider
focused on cloud-based collaboration technologies. He is passionate about helping customers
make sense of complex, data-heavy processes with simplified, easy-to-use digital solutions.

Tracey Tylicki, BSN, RN, CASC
Tracey is the nursing subject matter expert on the team, having over twenty-five years of
healthcare experience, including thirteen years as a registered nurse. She is currently
the product lead for New Health Analytics Surgical Outcomes Information Exchange (SOIX) product.
Additional experience includes ASC operations, finance, marketing, business development,
equipment and medical supply management, human resource management, regulatory compliance,
healthcare quality improvement strategies, and leadership. Tracey received her Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio and earned her CASC (Certified
Administrator Surgery Center) credentials in 2015.

Advisors

Terry Jones, Ph.D., RN
Associate Professor
Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems
Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Terry Jones is a researcher and educator with over 30 years of nursing experience.
She completed her baccalaureate nursing degree at Marycrest College in Davenport Iowa
in 1985 and then completed the Parkland Hospital Critical Care and Trauma Nurse Internship
in Dallas Texas in 1986. Terry received a Master of Science degree from Texas Women’s
University in 1990 with a clinical focus in adult health and a role focus in education.
Terry received a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and participated
in the NIH-funded Clinical Scholar Program at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas from 2007-2010. She has been recognized as one of the Great 100 Nurses
in Dallas-Ft. Worth and an outstanding graduate in her doctoral and undergraduate programs.

During her 22-year tenure at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, Terry served
in a variety of roles including critical care staff, critical care educator, assistant unit
manager, critical care education coordinator, director of clinical research, performance
improvement, care management, and ultimately interim vice president and chief nursing officer.
She is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing, tenure track at Virginia Commonwealth
University in the Department of Nursing Administration and Nursing Systems and teaches at both
the graduate and doctoral level. Her program of research focuses on improving the nurse work
environment and the quality and safety of nursing care across the care continuum. She is
currently exploring relationships among work time quality and patient outcomes. Her work
on unfinished nursing care is recognized internationally.

Louis F. Rossiter, PhD
Chief of Scientific Methods
New Health Analytics

Lou oversees all data integrity, HIPAA and research initiatives for New Health Analytics. Lou is
the former owner of Chironet (Surgical Outcomes Information Exchange SOIX). He is the author of
14 edited books, 1 sole author book, and over 50 journal publications on health economics and
policy. Lou was previously the Secretary of Health and Human Resources for the Commonwealth of
Virginia and served as Deputy for Policy to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). He has served on the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine,
National Institutes of Health, the National Advisory Council of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality and Academy Health. Lou received his Ph.D. in economics from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his bachelor’s degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Our vision at New Health Analytics is to empower organizations to compete with integrity
in the new health care economy. New Health Analytics provides a suite of SaaS-­based
analytics applications that enable healthcare providers to leverage data in new ways to:

• Improve patient outcomes
• Lower Costs
• Increase efficiences
• Decrease operating risks
• Benchmark their work against competitors in their target market
• Maintain compliance and accreditation

Our 180+ customers include hospital systems, ambulatory
surgery centers, ACOs, large physician groups, payers, healthcare product
companies, and integrated networks.

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