By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
During the regular meeting of the Guthrie County Hospital Board of Trustees on June 27, CEO Chris Stipe reviewed the FY23-24 organizational goals and led a discussion about goals for the upcoming year.
Stipe reported that Overall Employee Engagement scores increased but did not meet the goal. He suggested having a goal to continue the improvement for the upcoming year. Stipe reported the progress on several other goals as well.
“We did great on falls. Hand hygiene, we looked pretty good,” Stipe said. “Employee incidents, we were tracking along doing pretty good the first part of the year, and then we just had, unfortunately, several mishaps with staff.”
Chief Financial Officer Brandon Johnson was formally introduced, as this was his first monthly meeting with the trustees. Johnson reviewed the monthly financial report, including the profit/loss statement. A large back payment from Medicaid is expected soon.
“We’re writing off 2.2% of collectible accounts,” CEO Chris Stipe said, clarifying the hospital’s “bad debt” for the month of May. He said this is considered a reasonably low percentage.
Danielle Lauzon reported on the hospital’s quality improvement measures, known as CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement).
“For the month of May, our CQI looked really good,” Lauzon said.
Lauzon also reported on patient satisfaction rates.
“I think the one that I would really call out is our ER department had a 93.8% for the month of May, which is huge,” Lauzon said.
CEO Chris Stipe agreed, pointing out that the 93.8% is exceptionally high, and probably puts GCH in the top 1% of hospitals in that measurement category.
Stipe pointed out that the hospital will host a barbecue and a pontoon ride over the weekend, for employees and their families, with a total of 65 expected so far.
“Pretty fun stuff, and a good way to do some teambuilding,” Stipe said.
Because some members of the board were unavailable for the originally scheduled date, the board’s next meeting was rescheduled to Monday, July 29 at 4 p.m. The public is welcome.
For information on how to participate in the meeting, either in person or via remote technology, visit www.guthriecountyhospital.org.