“There are areas where healthy competition is needed among companies to advance clinical care models,” said Nazir. Signature HealthCARE and Genesis HealthCare, hope their collaboration in developing this framework is an example, catalyst, and firm foundation for a change in the landscape of collaborative healthcare, for now and in the future. The article was published by the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). This defined framework was further explained in an article released by the collaborative team from Signature and Genesis clinical leadership called, “Lessons in Collaboration from the Management of Pandemic in 2 Large Skilled Nursing Facility Chains”. Within the healthcare landscape, discussions regarding promoting intra-organizational collaboration were focused on three key domains: Bridging Gaps that may be professional, social, physical, task-related, or regarding communication Negotiating Overlaps, regarding staff and their responsibilities within or across organizations and Creating Strategic Spaces, to interact and intermingle with collaborative staff and team members. “Efficient collaboration within and across organizations and stakeholder groups has been absolutely critical in our efforts to care for our patients and protect our staff.” Richard Feifer, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Genesis HealthCare. “When faced with unprecedented challenges involving a pandemic that placed post-acute care in the eye of the storm, and the initial absence of an evidence-based playbook, we all needed to find better and faster ways to work together, to innovate and solve important issues as they arose,” said Dr. Signature and Genesis discovered that, beyond promoting quick action and collaborations within one’s own company in battling a pandemic, interprofessional communication, and sharing key recommendations across companies to help the whole, was judicious and in fact, imperative. “Knowing that Signature and Genesis both were aligned in this mission, the top clinical leaders came together to define an approach for effective information sharing and collaboration within and between organizations.”Īt the height of the pandemic and thereafter, the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) industry took a significant hit, affecting the whole of the industry, financially and operationally. Arif Nazir, Chief Medical Officer for Signature HealthCARE. “As a duty and a promise to our residents, and to protect our staff from this pandemic, we needed to learn and implement effective strategies fast,” said Dr. But it is these challenges that conversely inspired a collaborative endeavor between two leaders in the skilled nursing industry, Signature HealthCARE and Genesis HealthCare, who together developed a framework for interprofessional collaboration during a pandemic and beyond. Add to that a pandemic, and its corresponding chaos and restrictions, and communication is often inhibited further. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Even in the most idyllic circumstances, the skill of effective communication can be difficult, unclear, and a real challenge between individuals, and even more so between industries.
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