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Skilled nursing providers benefit from technology that can increase staff efficiency, workflow and training needs, all at the service of improving care outcomes. Now, a collaboration led by live data and analytics provider Real Time Medical Systems is bringing it to them.

Real Time is teaming with training and workforce solutions provider Relias, a trusted partner to more than 11,000 health care organizations and 4.5 million caregivers, to help SNF operators improve quality of care through data-driven staff training. The partnership is expected to deliver three key benefits: quality of care, staff efficiency and streamlined workflow — and reduced readmissions with integrated care.

Improved quality of care

Through the Real Time – Relias partnership, SNF operators can use real-time data analytics and clinical insights to further identify focused training, directly impacting care outcomes. One such example is if patient temperatures are rising in a common unit. This may indicate an infection control issue and lead SNFs to adjust on-demand training to help front-line workers respond.

SNFs will then be able to monitor the impact of that educational session, tracking outcomes after training interventions. When SNFs can access live, evidence-based interventions and fill knowledge gaps with targeted learning interventions, they will finally have the right set of tools to improve resident care and quality outcomes, while reducing readmissions.

“By coupling both Real Time’s live data analysis with Relias’ on-demand training, facilities can initiate specific instruction to improve care outcomes and demonstrate quality improvements to their transition of care partners,” says Real Time COO Laurie Obitz.

Increasing staff efficiency and streamlining workflow

While care outcomes are the highest priority, outcomes start with process. Real Time’s live, post-acute analytics solution can provide key clinical insights to the facility, such as trending readmission diagnoses. If there are trending diagnoses, the Relias platform enables the supervisor to assign targeted training to address the readmissions and avoid this issue in the future.

This unique partnership between Real Time and Relias enables SNFs to close the gap between data and care delivery. By combining relevant clinical insights and evidence-based education, facilities are equipped with the information they need for focused attention on the best actionable opportunities, ultimately improving resident care in a more efficient manner.

“A one-size-fits-all approach to health care is no longer sufficient at addressing specific treatment needs of individual patients,” says Melissa Lewis-Stoner, LCSW-C, Vice President of Product Management at Relias. “Providing the kind of personalized care every patient deserves requires effective training and quality assessments.”

Reducing readmissions through integrated care

For SNFs today, the name of the game is care coordination. The Real Time – Relias partnership helps create that coordination. Relias delivers personalized learning and education for both health systems and SNFs, allowing for better communication, safe medication practices and care coordination, while Real Time continues to monitor how the care is being delivered in the SNF post-discharge.

By utilizing both Real Time’s live data analytics and Relias’ targeted trainings, facilities can demonstrate to their hospital and payer partners that they are taking a proactive approach to improve the quality of patient care. This partnership therefore enhances care coordination between hospitals and nursing facilities leading to improved outcomes and reduced readmissions.

Improve your clinical, financial and operational outcomes

With Real Time and Relias, SNFs can ensure consistent, relevant continuing education to nursing facility staff to increase staff efficiency, workflow, and training needs while improving care outcomes, reducing readmissions, and increasing partner referrals. 

This article is sponsored by Real Time Medical Systems, the industry-leading, KLAS-rated interventional analytics solution that turns data into actionable insights. To learn more about how Real Time and Relias can help improve staff efficiency and care outcomes, tune into their webinar on this Thursday, February 10, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. Click here to register for the webinar.