Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Successfully Implements Critical Portfolio™
Austin, TX – July 16, 2010 - Decision Critical, Inc. (Decision Critical) has announced the implementation of Critical Portfolio™, Decision Critical’s online professional portfolio solution, at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics (Children’s Mercy) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Critical Portfolio provides a single, automated repository and allows healthcare organizations to electronically organize, develop, manage, and maintain professional portfolios online. Critical Portfolio will support Children’s Mercy’s Magnet Program by providing a single repository for the organizations 2,000+ professional nursing staff portfolios both during, and after, the organization’s Journey to Nursing Excellence™.
“Collecting accurate demographic information on over 2,000 nurses can be a daunting task. Critical Portfolio provides a single repository for the collection of this information in a format that is consistent with the requirements of the Magnet Recognition Program®,” says Paula Blizzard, RN, MS, NE-BC, Magnet Project Manager. “By putting the nurse in control of their own information, we are able to collect accurate, real-time data as supporting evidence for our nursing excellence as we pursue Magnet™ re-designation.”
Today’s healthcare organizations continuously seek ways to improve the handling of vast amounts of data and evidence used to make decisions that both improve patient outcomes and that have a positive impact on the bottom line. Critical Portfolio provides a single repository for the tremendous amount of nursing workforce portfolio information required of today’s healthcare organizations and facilitates many of the organization’s data and personnel-driven needs.
“Decision Critical has enabled our nursing staff to create a professional portfolio that is easy to access and update. It is designed to meet the spectrum of needs within an organization - from the new graduate nurse to the experienced nurse researcher. The tool is flexible, intuitive and comprehensive, and already a great asset to our organization,” says Cheri Hunt, RN, MHA, NEA-BC, Vice President for Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer.
Children’s Mercy is a freestanding, comprehensive pediatric medical center. Consistently ranked among the leading children's hospitals in the nation, Children’s Mercy was the first hospital in Missouri or Kansas to receive the prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in patient care from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
“Children’s Mercy is one of our nation’s leading pediatric care centers. This progressive step in professional portfolio management is very much in keeping with their commitment to innovation, maintaining a premier nursing workforce, and providing nothing short of excellence in patient care,” Kenneth Dion, R.N., Founder & CEO of Decision Critical commented. “We are honored to be associated with one of today’s most prestigious pediatric care organizations.”
About Children’s Mercy
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is one of the nation’s top pediatric medical centers. The 314-bed hospital provides care for children from birth through the age of 18, and has been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services, and ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of “America's Best Children's Hospitals.” Its faculty of 600 pediatricians and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research, and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. For more information about Children’s Mercy and its research, visit www.childrensmercy.org. For breaking news and videos, follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.
About Decision Critical, Inc.
Decision Critical, Inc. specializes in providing a web-enabled competency management system. The cornerstone of the Decision Critical value proposition is the 360° Competency Management model. Our web-based learning management system, competency checklists, professional portfolio, and professional evaluation solution drive this comprehensive model. These solutions are extremely valuable to a wide variety of constituencies within healthcare organizations including, but not limited to, Nursing, Education, Human Resources, Compliance, Performance Improvement and Quality Assurance and are designed to help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes, drive training and education, and ensure staff competency and compliance. For more information, go to www.decisioncritical.com.
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