Submitted by Ann Ness, LWV Observer.
As a follow-up to the Meeting Minutes of 3-31-05, it should be noted that following a short break the Board went into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the Allina Relationship and the CEO Evaluation. The LWV Observer was not present for the Executive Session nor for the following open session, so this information is from the Northfield Hospital Meeting Minutes Record. Following the Executive Session, the Board went back into an open session to discuss the outcome of the CEO evaluation. A motion was made to make the following wage adjustments: 1) Merit increase 5%;
2) Technical adjustment 10% (based on Comparative Market Data 4-01-05); and
3) Management Bonus 18% of 2004 Base Salary.
Steve Delzer, Board Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 6:48 p.m.Dr. Lawler was present for the approval of applications for medical staff membership/privileges but had to leave early so they were approved first. It was noted that #2935 is still in residency. With respect to the Medical Staff Report, they are working on core privileges. Someone who recently went through the change will speak at their meeting.
Special Presentation
A special presentation of a video sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement called the "100,000 Lives Campaign Video" was shown. The speaker compared the proposed campaign to a political campaign and he quoted a saying, "Some is not a number. Soon is not a time." The speaker said that the tasks are specific and will either be done or not done. There is a discipline of deadlines. The goal is to save 100,000 lives by June 14, 2006 by 9:00 a.m. by making six changes in 1600-2000 hospitals across the country. He said how to do this is to make lifechanging improvements by taking things we know work and making them our national standard. The old way was to use components; the new way to is to use composites or "bundles" to prevent avoidable deaths. The 6 changes are as follows:
1) Rapid Response Teams to decrease "failure to rescue." In Australia it was discovered that by using Rapid Response Teams for a Code Red when it appeared that a patient was having difficulty, there was a 27% decline in mortality rates. 2) Reliable care of heart attacks. The idea is to bundle strategies together using all the things that can be done. 3) Ventilator bundle
