Measure success with the right metrics! Discover essential Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for home care providers to track and improve performance effectively.
This blog will discuss the definition of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and why they are critical for effectively managing Home Care Agencies. Future blogs will discuss relevant KPIs for various operational areas in the agency.
Overview
The demand for home and community-based care will grow as more elderly populations prefer to age at home. Even with the growth opportunities, home healthcare providers will face significant headwinds in taking advantage of these opportunities.
Declining reimbursement, labor shortage, increased labor costs, and regulations will significantly pressure home care agencies' operations and bottom line.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can play a crucial role in helping home care agencies to meet these challenges, continue to grow, and improve the bottom line. KPIs can help agencies measure current performance, identify areas for improvement, set operational goals, and ensure the goals are met. Understanding KPIs and selecting appropriate ones for the organization will help agencies improve operational efficiency and meet their growth goals.
The right technology and home health care software platform will be critical in home care agencies efforts to leverage KPIs to improve their operations.
What is a KPI?
A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurable or quantifiable value over time used by organizations to measure performance and determine if they are accomplishing their goals.
KPIs are quantifiable measures that provide organizations to measure the current state of their performance, set meaningful goals and milestones to measure progress, and provide insights to employees across the organization to help them make better decisions.
Why are KPIs critical to Home Care Agencies?
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) provide insight into the current performance of the home care agency. They also identify areas for improvement within the agency. KPIs offer tremendous value in setting goals for the agency, providing intermediate milestones, and helping agencies grow.
Home Care Agencies can use KPIs to set clear goals and develop employee incentive programs for goals met. When used appropriately, KPIs can give clear direction and empowerment to employees in recognizing the agency's goals and incentivizing the employees to accomplish the goals. Employees' buy-in for implementing KPIs will help agencies improve their processes, productivity, operational efficiency, and bottom line.
Selecting KPIs for Home Care Agencies
Home Care Agencies should select the right group of KPIs for each operational area to measure performance and set targets. Home Care Agencies should choose a limited number of KPIs rather than too many, which can overwhelm the employees.
Agencies can use one of the most frequently used criteria, SMART, to select KPIs. SMART stands for the following:
Specific – Be specific about the target.
Measurable – Ability to quantify, measure, and track.
Achievable – The goal must be realistic and achievable.
Relevant – Must align with agency goals and values.
Time Bound – Goals must be set within an appropriate time frame.
Using this criterion as a guide will help home care agencies to select the appropriate and optimum number of KPIs. Including the employees in determining the implementation KPIs will ensure their participation and success for the agency.
Agencies must ensure that all operational areas of the agency are included to help each area to move forward and grow. The following are some of the areas that should be included.
Technology and Software Platform
In addition to selecting the KPIs to measure, agencies should ensure that the data captured for these measures is accurate and timely. Agencies should review their home care software platform to ensure they have the tools to collect and report on the data necessary to implement the KPIs.
Software platforms should also be able to create custom reports and charts and export the relevant data for external use. The option to access the data for tools like Power BI will significantly improve home care agencies’ ability to visualize and manage KPIs.
Conclusion
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can play a vital role in providing insight into the current state of operations and setting appropriate business goals for home healthcare agencies. Selecting the right set of KPIs with collaboration with employees will empower employees to work towards achieving the goals set. Right Home Health Care Software platform and technology will help agencies to capture accurate data and report to implement the KPIs.
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About CareVoyant:
CareVoyant is a leading provider of cloud-based integrated enterprise-scale home health care software that can support all home-based services under ONE Software, ONE Patient, and ONE Employee, making it a Single System of Record. We support all home based services, including Home Care, Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, Pediatric Home Care, and Outpatient Therapy at Home.
CareVoyant functions – Intake, Authorization Management, Scheduling, Clinical with Mobile options, eMAR/eTAR, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), Billing/AR, Secure Messaging, Notification, Reporting, and Dashboards – streamline workflow, meet regulatory requirements, improve quality of care, optimize reimbursement, improve operational efficiency and agency bottom line.
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