E jj Olson & Associates is nationally regarded for its expertise in developing strategic and master plans for human services and health care continuums. E jj Olson & Associates works with organizations including healthcare systems, hospitals, adult day care programs, retirement communities, skilled care facilities, human service agencies, and other public and private providers in the development of programs for the delivery of health and human services, and long term care.
Strategic & Master Planning
Industry consolidation has forced health care organizations to become more competitive. Expanding services and market share calls for the right strategy. E jj Olson & Associates assists clients to perform environmental assessments, identify critical issues, develop market research, and review or redefine their organization’s mission and philosophy. We work with clients to build action plans, open and expand lines of communication, and develop strategic targets.
Feasibility Studies
E jj Olson & Associates helps organizations analyze the financial and operational aspects of potential business strategies before they put them into action. E jj Olson & Associates in collaboration with Wipfli LLP accountants works with clients to analyze the service market, evaluate facility and service expansion, explore joint ventures, review the competition, examine strategic pricing, develop strategic decisions, and provide a rationale for capital outlays.
Program Evaluation
Studying critical issues through the eyes of our experienced health care professionals can help support the efforts of top management and lead to solutions that work. E jj Olson & Associates works with clients to perform focused program reviews, evaluate reimbursement issues, and analyze staffing. We help organizations reinvent and redesign themselves by assessing operations and developing effective solutions.
Health System Integration
Industry-wide changes make integrated care more important than ever. Our in-depth knowledge of health care makes all the difference. E jj Olson & Associates facilitates system integration and the development of continuums of care. We assist organizations to examine operational and strategic issues, offer planning and support, and help to plan and organize the integration process.
Group Facilitation
E jj Olson & Associates provides group facilitation services to community groups, planning committees, government bodies, and policy making organizations. We have extensive experience facilitating the work of diverse committees, leading focus group discussions, managing community forum sessions, and keeping community groups motivated and on task.
Local Coordination
E jj Olson & Associates function as Project Managers of community processes. E jj Olson & Associates assist the client by helping to organize their planning or community assessment process. The consultants facilitate communication by serving as a broker of ideas and mediator when inter-agency conflict arises.
Educational Training & Outreach
The principals of E jj Olson & Associates have provided in-service training sessions for businesses, health and human service agencies, health system and hospital staff, policy boards, government officials, public agencies, and for community groups which have included older adults, ethnic and minority groups, business groups, labor, etc.
Survey Design & Implementation
E jj Olson & Associates have extensive experience designing and implementing agency and community specific survey instruments. The consultant has assisted numerous organizations and community based committees in the design of appropriate survey instruments, the identification of random sampling techniques, and in the method of distribution (mailed, telephone, etc.).
Data Analysis
E jj Olson & Associates have broad experience in conducting research for a variety of state and national organizations. We have facilitated and analyzed information using every type of community participation model including focus groups, community forums, consumer surveys, leadership interviews, seminars, etc. Demographic data and health and social status data are available from many sources, but seldom in a format which is easy to use or understand. The consultants work closely with lead agencies in collecting data, preparing graphs and identifying trends as needed and requested by local planning groups.
Summary Analysis
E jj Olson & Associates provide summary analyses and use these reports to facilitate discussions with agency and/or community committees in order to help the committee prioritize the major community health and social issues. Inclusion of appropriate community data and easy to understand graphs and tables help in determining priorities and establishing benchmarks against which future activity can be measured.