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 re-organised 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