Methodology

For over 30 years, GRASP Systems has been accurately capturing work requirements and helping health care organizations worldwide make strategic business decisions that preserve quality patient care. Valued by its clients for product excellence, cost-savings, and superb client service, GRASP Systems has become the industry leader in workload management systems.

The GRASP Methodology began as the outgrowth of a three-year field study to validate the PETO concept developed at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. GRASP is a well documented, research-based, workload measurement methodology. Since the completion of its successful field test in 1976, GRASP use has steadily increased - now it is the system of choice in over 800 hundred facilities worldwide and is the most frequently recommended workload management system in North America.

Comprehensive Solutions, One Piece at a Time

The GRASP Methodology was originally embraced by nursing departments. Today our methodology has grown into being used for resource management system-wide. By basing the unit of measure on hours, the system is adaptable to multiple units within a facility. It provides comparable data for executive decision making not only in nursing, but also in ancillary/allied health and support departments. The application is also suitable in affiliated healthcare organizations such as nursing homes, and home healthcare organizations.

Getting the Big Picture

GRASP captures the professional components of work as well as daily interventions. Traditional GRASP instruments divide work into four key components:

Process - a comprehensive professional approach that includes, planning, assessing, coordinating, consulting, and evaluating care.
Teaching & Emotional Support for Patients and Family - an important element often overlooked in non-clinical settings.
Direct Care - includes interventions associated with each individual's work. GRASP research has found that a limited subset of all potential interventions which could be performed on any given unit or any given work area will account for the majority of the work. The specific interventions selected will vary in each area and for each facility. Each intervention includes a normal time, frequency, fatigue and delay, and a factor for the unlisted/unpredictable.
Indirect Care - includes the portions of the job which support the main work, e.g., phone calls, ordering supplies, transcription/note orders, etc.

Bringing all the Pieces Together

The GRASP Methodology, working in concert with your documentation systems, or bundled with MIStroClef^®, offers you a superior workload management solution. More than 800 healthcare facilities worldwide have discovered the positive impact it brings to both the business and patient care components of a health care organization.