Interprofessional Healthcare Case Competition

Interprofessional Case Competition Questions & Answers

1. Is there a preferred pronunciation of Ondenia that we should use?  No. This is a fictitious location/hospital.

 

2. Will the panel judging our presentation in January be acting as the "Clinical Quality Subcommittee of the Ondenia Community Hospital Board of Directors"?  Is it possible for us to know the professional background of the subcommittee (are they strictly clinicians or is there a mix of administrators and clinicians)? If the panel is not acting as the "Clinical Quality Subcommittee," is it possible to know the judges' professional backgrounds?  The panel will be acting as the “Clinical Quality Subcommittee”.   All of the panel members will be health care professionals either academically or clinically.

 

3. Are we acting as Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, etc. or are those people in addition to us?  You will be representing your own health care professions.  You will be part of the team along with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, etc..

 

4. Are we allowed to involve the jury (panel of judges) in a dialogue as part of our presentation?  No, there will be time at the end of your presentation (if you are selected for the January 8^th and 9^th event) for the panel to ask your team questions.

 

5. We were wondering if you had the contact information of a physician or community partner of an Ohio hospital.  We would like to gather more background information about hospitals in Ohio.  This is a fictitious hospital and community; you are welcome to use general demographic information.

 

6. "The CEO has charged your team; and the following, the Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Medical Officer (an employed hospitalist), Assistant Hospital Administrator, Head of Pharmacy, Director of Care Management, and the Director of Quality of Ondenia Community Hospital, to conduct a root cause analysis of COPD" does this mean that within our team we need to set "roles" or are these people within the scenario that work along with our team?   These would be professionals that work along with your team members.

 

8.  Can we use a “Prezi” instead of a PowerPoint?  The handbook states that we would like each team to submit their presentation as a PowerPoint.  – This is for formatting and software issues.   

18a). In the handbook and we noticed a portion mentioning we had to explain how we collaborated together and we had a few questions: Are we supposed to address this in our power point presentation as a slide?  You may take time during your powerpoint presentation to address what it was like to work together as an IP team or you can include it in your 3 page executive summary, that decision is for you and your group to decide.

b). Are we addressing how we collaborated as students working on a case study, or as professionals working together to address how to improve COPD care in Ondenia?  As stated above, address what it was like to work together as a team, you all are professionals working together to improve COPD.

16). Would it be appropriate to add references at the end of our slides of the PowerPoint and at the end of our executive summary?  Yes.   Should we include citations within our slides?  You do not need to put citation on your individual slides if you are putting references at the end of the summary and PowerPoint.

 

17).  In terms of resources such as local medication reduction programs or volunteer translators, should we make up the programs? Since the city is made up, we didn't know how we would find local resources for Ohio.  You may create any programs necessary to set up your case scenario as long as you can justify them in your case scenario.

14). When adding the total operating expenses for 2013, I came up with a value of $184,090,143, not $184,108,143 as the statement of expenses indicates. Where is the discrepancy?  There were two numbers transposed in the 2013 "supplies" column see highlighted number for the corrected amount (page 12 of case study).

 

Operating Revenue                                                                           2014                            2013

Net patient service revenue, net of provision for uncollectible

accounts of $13,477,433 in 2014 and $12,148,564 in 2013         $ 191,744,749                $ 186,412,857

Other operating revenue                                                                           3,658,254                         3,205,792

                Total operating revenue                                                        195,403,003                    189,618,649

 

Operating Expenses

Salaries and wages                                                                                   69, 849, 513                    68,974,227

Employee benefits                                                                                    24, 383, 941                    26,470,602

Fees                                                                                                                14,271,468                      11,116,564

Supplies                                                                                                        33,107,988                     33,920,234 

Purchased services                                                                                     25,442,914                      23,519,907

Depreciation and amortization                                                                17,604,155                      17,326,263

Insurance                                                                                                      2,008,345                        2,265,610

Other                                                                                                                  594,596                            514,736

                 Total operating expenses                                                         187,262,920                 184,108,143

 

Operating Income                                                                               $8,140,083                  $5,510,506

 

The number highlighted is incorrect on the original document.   The number listed here is the correct number!

 15). The net assets at the end of 2013 do not equal net assets at the beginning of 2014?  That was an accounting error.  The below report is the corrected amounts.  You are correct in that the net assets from end of 2013 should reflect the same number as the net assets from the beginning of the year in 2014, which are now reflected in the corrected numbers below.  There was an error in the Investment return information listed in case study.  Below are the highlighted corrected numbers (page 12 of case study).

Nonoperating Income (Expenses)                                                2014                            2013

      Investment return                                                                                5,362,455                   12,975,152

      Interest expense                                                                                   (2,709,169)                 (3,025,497)

      Contributions to related organizations                                            (1,979,840)                 (2,675,810)

      Other nonoperating expense                                                                 (765,585)                    (526,244)

            Total nonoperating income (expense)                                           (  92,139)                  $6,747,601

 

Increase in Net Assets                                                                      $8,047,944               $12,258,107

 

Net Assets, Beginning of Year                                                                                                        $225,979,395           $213,721,288    

Net Assets, End of Year                                                                 $234,027,339            $225,979,395      

13).What environment the do the “other physicians” (page 5 paragraph 7) distributed among independent practice groups work in?  Do they work at outpatient clinics (or other setting?) associated with the main hospital by name/brand, or are they entirely independent clinics? Based on the case study here is the answer I can give you.  Many of the physicians are working in independent practice groups, with practice privileges at the hospital.

 

14). Dr. Diaz had two partnes that recently left the practice. Does the 2014 budget reflect one or three pulmonologists on staff?  The 2014 budget reflects one pulmonologist on staff.

12).  The case study states that the hospital has a heart and vascular center. Does this include an existing cardiac rehab facility?  It does not specifically state having or not having an existing cardiac rehab facility, within the case study, however, in this situation we will say yes, the facility does include having a Cardiac Rehabilitation facility. 

9.  The case mentions “a school system” does this include local colleges and universities?  No, it means Elementary, Middle and High school.

 

10.  In regards to the Budget do we need to create a new statement of revenues, expenses and changes in net assets, like the ones given to us, or are we simply giving a list of projected values for our plan?   Use the information (numbers) given to assist in creating your budget based on your plan.

 

11. Should we remake the entire budget given to us as if planning for a new year, or stating what it will cost to implement our plan of change.  Use all of the statements (revenues, expenses and changes in net assets) to assist in creating your current budget.

Q&A from teams

During the fall semester, AHEC staff will post answers to questions submitted by teams.

Timeline

May 2014 --- Competition is announced. Winning teams will share a prize: 1st place $3,000 cash prize, 2nd place $2,000 cash prize, 3rd place $1,000 cash prize.

Summer 2014 --- Students form teams of 4 - 5 students, with at least 3 health professions/majors represented within each team.  (Example: nursing, pharmacy, social work, medicine.)

September --- Apply online, beginning on September 1. At the time of application, a registration fee of $35 is required from each participant. All registered teams will receive a copy of the case. The application will close October 3. See the AHEC website for information about the AHEC regions.

By Friday, October 3 --- All teams are confirmed and on Monday October 6 the case is provided to team captains.

October - December --- Teams work together for 2 months to prepare an analysis of the interprofessional efforts in the health care of a patient/client.

By Wednesday, December 10 --- Each team will submit a powerpoint presentation, executive summary, and 1-page budget. Team submissions will be reviewed and at least one team to represent each AHEC region will be invited to compete in front of judges in the Wisconsin Dells. Any other teams who submitted an entry are welcome to attend the competition event to observe the presentations, and also to participate in the Interprofessional Village activity.

Thursday, January 8 - Friday, January 9, 2015 --- Teams selected to represent their AHEC region will travel to the Wisconsin Dells to present their case findings to a statewide panel of judges. The competition event held at the Kalahari Resort and indoor waterpark is hosted by Wisconsin AHEC.

Welcome!

Wisconsin AHEC invites students from any Wisconsin college/university to compete in a case competition, and prove you've got the knowlege and skills that employers are seeking in up-and-coming health professionals!  Learn more about Wisconsin AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) online at: www.ahec.wisc.edu