We champion innovation and automation by partnering with both
point-of-care teams and UVA researchers to introduce and integrate new technologies that will enhance the quality of care we provide.
Key elements of innovation and technology integration include:
- Generating new ideas and rapid-cycle testing of evidence-based best practices
- Integrating new technologies and automated solutions
- Evaluation the cost-effectiveness of changes made
Examples of our work involving innovation and technology integration:
- Facilitating the development of a scheduling app for Languages Services
- Development of a Rapid Assessment Team for the ED
- Physician Delivery of Care Model Analysis, including Family Team Care and Scheduling Wheel, in order to:
- Increase patient access and throughput
- Decrease physician burn out
- Shift providers to top-of-licensure
- Increase room utilization
- Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) is a comprehensive method that accounts for total cost of the resources used by the patient throughout a defined care cycle including:
- What activities are performed
- Who is responsible for doing each activity
- The amount of time dedicated to each activity
- The space costs and the necessary materials
- TDABC methodology can be used to assess performance, but perhaps the most improtant function is as a benchmarking control chart to quickly identify costs that are significantly above expectations
