Economy and Efficiency. The Association agrees to assist the Employer in the conservation of resources and efficient utilization of the work force, including use of overtime. The Association will, through the President, inform the Deputy Administrator of any situations of which he/she is aware where greater efficiency in operations may be achieved. It is further agreed that all representational activities occurring on official time, will be conducted with dispatch.
Economy and Efficiency. Earlier years of HSIF exhibited funding surpluses, while later years demonstrated greater alignment between allocated funding and actual expenditures. Project coordinators reported that HSIF funding enabled them to leverage financial and/or other (in-kind) resources from partners in support of health integration initiatives. Project teams engaging in service mapping and needs assessment analyses became more aware of existing services, thereby extending their resource network and preventing the future duplication of services. In addition, several projects produced outcomes that resulted in more efficient healthcare service delivery due to incorporating the use of technology (e.g., the implementation of electronic medical records reduced the time required to establish a patient’s medical history prior to proceeding with treatment). Details relating to project management (e.g., lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities), in some cases, negatively impacted the efficiency with which project activities were carried out. The program has a Performance Measurement Strategy in place. Project reporting is currently taking place, and opportunity exists to strengthen projects’ individual indicators by focusing on more outcome-driven indicators, ensuring indicators seeking to measure improvements are accompanied by baseline data, and accounting for a certain degree of specificity in indicators for accurate reporting. Project performance measurement indicators should continue to support program-level indicators while also establishing a distinct set of indicators to measure project- specific performance. RECOMMENDATIONS
Economy and Efficiency
