San Joaquin General Hospital Innovation Lab Status, Current Vision for Future, and Next Steps

Mission To cultivate innovative solutions for transforming the delivery of healthcare in San Joaquin County.

Current Vision for SJGH Innovation Lab

Current Vision A place to search for, design, test, and implement new approaches for improving the delivery of health care, improving the health and wellbeing of our patients and the people of San Joaquin County, and making health care more affordable. A place to inspire staff and our community partners to think creatively in improving the delivery of healthcare, improving the patient experience, and reducing the cost of care. A place for building relationships with emerging technology and other companies who have a desire to work within the safety-net environment to improve the delivery of and accessibility to health care. A place for developing and implementing a robust evaluation system to document and understand the value and cost of new innovations. A place to aid with the changes underway in the healthcare landscape in PRIME, Population Health, Clinical Informatics, quality improvement and others alike. A resource for everyone at San Joaquin General, but also a visible, physical demonstration of our commitment to innovation. A signal to staff, patients, and the community that innovation is a core value and SJGH is focused on ensuring the best patient experience and providing the highest quality of care possible.

Current Status of Innovation Lab

Current Status of SJGH Innovation Lab Facility Remodeled, furnished, and equipped. Looking for further improvements interior and possibly exterior. A convener and host of meetings related to PRIME, Cerner implementation, population health planning, clinical informatics, eConsult, eReferral, centralized scheduling. Participants have included foundation representatives, consultants, SJGH/SJCC staff, CMC staff, HPSJ staff, and startup technology firms. Current Innovation Projects eConsult - Blue Path consulting group is leading feasibility assessment and implementation planning through support from Blue Shield of California Foundation. eReferral – Reworking workflows to support eReferrals externally(CMC)/internally(SJCC) referral processes from Specialty Clinics.

NEXT STEPS

Next Steps Articulate Innovation Lab Governance Grant funded projects/activities eConsult project – pursue funding for shift from planning to implementation Kaiser PHASE Identify PRIME target core components for innovation work Develop operational budget Partnering with UOP School of Design to decorating the interior of the Innovation Lab Participating to become an Innovation Catalyst site with CCI to build capacity in human centered innovation and design