Strategic Planning at Sunnybrook
Creating a sustainable future for the
organization and those we serve
Strategic Planning at Sunnybrook
Creating a sustainable future for the organization and those we serve
Chapter Seven
Our Challenges
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Bed Occupancy:
An Ongoing Challenge
There is a high demand for Sunnybrook’s
resources, in particular inpatient beds.
The hospital has a set a target goal of
95 per cent bed occupancy, also called
“Drive to 95%”.
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Drive to 95%
• Drive to 95 helps to reduce wait times in the Emergency
Department and ensures that patients are discharged from the
hospital in a timely manner.
• Sunnybrook has taken several steps to help move towards
a 95 per cent occupancy, including developing a new role
called Transitional Coordinator to help patients and families
return home as quickly and safely as possible.
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Funding Challenges
Daily Acute Care Hospital Occupancy
Despite our efforts our in patient bed
capacity is often in excess of 100%
% Occupancy 2012
% Occupancy 2013
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Funding Challenges
• The reality is that Ontario is facing an aging population,
putting financial pressure on hospital programs
throughout the province.
• Sunnybrook expects that funding increases will remain
fairly small, if any.
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Stepping up to the Challenge
An example is our selection as the lead for the North
East Toronto Health Link, which is improving care for
Sunnybrook
will continue
to seek
ways to
seniors
and others
with complex
conditions.
improve hospital efficiency in order to maintain
its commitment
to the highest
care.
Health
Links bring together
healthquality
care providers
in a community to better and more quickly
coordinate care for high-needs patients.
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Our Strategic Planning Challenge
Through our strategic
planning
to
What do we
youintend
think?
resolve the question:
Which programs and services can
Sunnybrook continue to provide to achieve
its academic mandate, realize its vision to
invent the future of health care, serve the
community and ensure the hospital's
resources are being maximized to provide
care for those who have complex concerns
and who are critically ill and injured?