LENMED AIR 2019.pdf

Nurse staff and staffing Development of a continuous professional development (CPD) programme to improve and maintain competency is underway. This is again focused on our specialised units. Nurse and pharmacy competence, education, training and development + We are pleased to report that Lenmed Nursing College has, during February 2019, undergone an evaluation for accreditation conducted by the South African Nursing Council. Final approval of this accreditation will be tabled at their executive meeting in May 2019. Lenmed is expecting a successful outcome, which means that we expect our first set of students for the basic nursing programmes in January 2020. + We are working on an adaptation programme for Registered Nurses working in ICU and high care units, who are not trained in critical care nursing. This will also be offered through the Lenmed Nursing College. An adaptation programme for Enrolled Nurses working in high care units is also on the cards to ensure the right skills and competencies are deployed in specialised units. + During the reporting period, internal and external pharmacy training programmes were planned and completed for career advancement and improved understanding of systems/the changing healthcare landscape. 103% of the training target was achieved, with an investment of approximately R400k in our pharmacy professionals. In addition, both Post-basic and Basic Pharmacist assistant training was completed. CLINICAL EFFICIENCY 06 Formulary conversion and compliance To achieve clinical efficiencies, reducing the overall cost per event to maximise network and DSP opportunities is a priority. Group Pharmacy contributes greatly to this opportunity, in terms of entrenching a comprehensive Group formulary. This strategy ensures cost-effective procurement, with a direct impact of reduced costs to patients and medical aid funders. It is, therefore, a major driver for Group Pharmacy. During the reporting period, Group Pharmacy has negotiated formulary agreements and driven conversion compliance, achieving good results. Originator to Generic Conversion Formulary Generic Feb 2019 Target < 10% Originator with an available Generic Feb 2019 Target Formulary Generic Group 66% 9% 98% 95% Cost per event benchmarking To ensure that the cost of private healthcare remains affordable and, in the interests of sustainability, we have been actively engaging with our specialists, radiology and pathology service providers to reduce costs per event. Clinical profiles have been developed and distributed for our specialists at Ahmed Kathrada Private Hospital and Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre to empower them with information to drive efficiencies in the areas of cost, clinical outcomes and patient experience. As medical schemes select the most cost-effective hospital groups and hospitals for network participation, it is important that our specialists contribute positively toward the efficiency of our hospitals. The opposite is also true; medical schemes are increasingly adopting a hard stance against so called ‘outliers’, therefore, it is even more important for our specialists to contribute positively. Our key objective over the past reporting period has been to raise awareness among our specialists regarding the extent to which they generate higher or lower costs per event (or admission) than their peers. Over the next financial year, we will further entrench cost per event benchmarking across a greater number of our hospitals. COMPLIANCE 05 61 LENMED ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2019