Four source systems, one reporting cycle, and a question from the committee for every figure.
Occupancy and case numbers come from the hospital information system, costs from financial accounting, staff figures from time recording, the status of conditions from a list in controlling. The values are copied into the template and reconciled by hand. If a committee member asks a question, the search for the source starts all over again, often weeks after the reporting date.
4source systemsOccupancy, costs, staff and the status of conditions sit in four systems.
18key figuresThat is how many values the report form for the sponsoring body requires per cycle.
1reporting date a monthThe cycle repeats, and so does the gathering work.
3daysIt takes controlling three working days to get from the reporting date to an agreed report.
If the 18 values are pulled on the reporting date and shown with their source straight away, the three days shrink to one: up to 70% less reporting effort.
Up to 70% less reporting effort is this agent's headline figure. Four source systems, 18 key figures and three days to the agreed report describe a typical monthly cycle; they are not measured values.