A continuous learning organization

• knows where it stands,
• knows when and how to change,
• uses data to drive performance and
• views the organization as an interdependent system.

The interdependent system is the combination of people, structures, supplies and resources that come together within an organization to make it function.

Strategy 5 from the National Nursing Home Change Package provides three change concepts to foster a continuous learning environment:

5.a. Make systems thinking the norm.
5.b. Track your progress.
5.c. Plan and implement tests of change.

Some action items include:

• Empower residents and families to get involved by identifying areas of improvement and working towards solutions.
• Build checks and balances into practices in order to prevent errors and lapses.
• Get everyone involved in setting goals, including staff, residents, families, management and the board(s).
• Provide leadership support for performance improvement initiatives.
• Focus on the human side of change, recognizing how hard it is for some people to change.

Find these and dozens more in Strategy 5: Be a Continuous Learning Organization.

Learn more about how atom Alliance is helping nursing homes in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee implement Change Package Strategy 5.