Regulatory
United States
Long before US regulations were created, GRASP set the standard for workload system
development. Requiring RNs who are at the bedside to participate in the development
of their facility's instruments has been standard GRASP policy for over 30 years.
With our automated data collection and reporting, your precious resources will spend
their time at the bedside instead of performing laborious manual chart extractions
to obtain data. Regulatory Resources in the United States
Canada
GRASP stays abreast of all the MIS guidelines and Provincial regulations and can
show you how to use our flexible methodology to attain compliance. We'll help you
design tools to capture the workload in exactly the manner required by the MIS Guidelines.
Furthermore, as the mandates have expanded to include almost all clinical disciplines
and support services areas, GRASP has expanded to provide workload measurement in
these areas, as well.
We don't stop at setting up workload measurement methodology, though. Our MIStro
software automates the job of collecting and processing data, thus, minimizing the
time you spend on forms and reports. While MIStroClef provides easy-to-use capabilities,
it also provides specific reports for governmental reporting.
Regulatory Resources in Canada
United Kingdom
GRASP is proud to have been referenced in The Review for 2002 by the Review Body
for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine.
The following excerpt is taken from section 2.54 on page 21.
"The GRASP System is a comprehensive management information system which comes complete
with automated tools for staffing, workload data entry, care planning and reporting.
The system's aim is to address the workload measurement requirements in all areas
of the healthcare delivery system and to suggest measures for balancing the demand
for care and the supply of care. It does this by assessing the needs of patients
and the tasks [interventions] undertaken by each of the staff working on the ward.
The suggested solutions are broader than merely increasing the number of staff.
Where monitoring of tasks in a particular Trust showed a significant amount of nurse
time was spent on clerical duties the system suggested the employment of a part-time
ward clerk. On a different occasion where the assessment of interventions showed
care staff carrying out non-care duties, roles were reorganized and ward assistants
employed to carry out the non-direct work. Where an assessment showed a significant
amount of time had been spent maintaining and repairing essential equipment a case
was made for new equipment, thus freeing up more nurse time for direct patient care."
Regulatory Resources in the United Kingdom