{"id":14,"date":"2019-02-08T22:20:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:52:48","slug":"consulting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/index.php\/consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:539px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1081\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/themes\/consultinggrove-pro-premium\/assets\/images\/bannerbg.jpg\" style=\"object-position:100% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"100% 100%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<main class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-white-border-color has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-75cf1623 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LMI-PHOTOS.png&#039;);background-size:cover;\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3359333a439ea7e6fd9f61d4d8e3863e\" style=\"color:#cb9661;font-size:clamp(31.609px, 1.976rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.651), 56px);\">Finding Solutions that Balance Workforce Performance within the Workplace.<\/h2>\n<\/main>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Our consulting expertise has helped hundreds of organizations find innovative solutions that balance workforce performance within the workplace environment. Our areas of expertise include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analytics.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5748 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Analytics:<\/strong> Identifying and accessing the&nbsp;<strong>right data<\/strong>&nbsp;that is&nbsp;<strong>analyzed<\/strong>&nbsp;and translated into meaningful&nbsp;<strong>insights<\/strong>&nbsp;to support timely, effective&nbsp;<strong>decisions and actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Benchmarking: <\/strong>Evaluate current key performance indicators (KPIs) to nationally recognized benchmarks to be sure that productivity standards are responsive to workload realities, clinical and non-clinical mandates, supply and demand patterns and results in effective cost management.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Benchmarking-500x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5758 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Benchmarking-500x300-1.png 500w, https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Benchmarking-500x300-1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clinical-Services-500x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5759 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clinical-Services-500x300-1.png 500w, https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Clinical-Services-500x300-1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Clinical Services: <\/strong>Our consulting team brings experience in operations, leadership, finance and analytics to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Resolve challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;in complex clinical and delivery systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design solutions<\/strong>&nbsp;to address operational excellence and integrate education and application training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote models<\/strong>&nbsp;that are agile, adaptable while ensuring respectful staffing and accountability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Devise financial and programmatic strategies<\/strong>&nbsp;to meet organizational goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhance compliance with federal and state regulations<\/strong> for employee scheduling, staffing, timekeeping and payroll compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(25.014px, 1.563rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.846), 42px);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Consulting Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-mdm-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Workforce Management Design and Implementation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Design-and-Implementation.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5749 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The design and implementation of a workforce management system includes identification of workflow obstructions, manpower shortages, experience and skill shortages within skill mix groups, misuse of technology adversely affecting automation, timely reporting that promotes the coordination of resources to workload variations by service lines and departments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><summary>Workforce Management Details and Implementation Details<\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The design and implementation of a workforce management system includes identification of workflow obstructions, manpower shortages, experience and skill shortages within skill mix groups, misuse of technology adversely affecting automation, timely reporting that promotes the coordination of resources to workload variations by service lines and departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Expected outcomes include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Client specific goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Staff education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Evidence based best practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Tools to manage to key performance indicators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Labor productivity standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>The LMI Workforce Management Assessment\u00a9<\/strong>&nbsp;is designed to help organizations evaluate the current workforce management infrastructure to obtain an FTE analysis to compare to budgeted FTEs, Productivity Standards to be sure that they are responsive to census realities, clinical mandates, supply and demand patterns and results in effective cost management; functionality of the current staffing process and workforce utilization to develop recommendations to meet financial goals and deficit demand replacement needs and the current technology for information access, integrations, timekeeping, payroll and staffing automation and application for decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-mdm-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Custom Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Custom-Report-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5752 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>LMI is happy to develop custom reports to meet specific client needs. Please contact LMI directly at 952-746-7610 or email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Contact@LMInstitute.com\">Contact@LMInstitute.com<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><summary>Custom Report Details<\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Custom Report examples include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Report Assessments for the opening, expansion of or closing locations, services or departments <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">LMI Central Staffing or Resource Office and Supplemental Staffing Pool Assessment\u00a9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Scheduling, Staffing, Timekeeping and Payroll Software Program Performance Assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Scheduling, Staffing, Timekeeping and Payroll Software RFI or RFP Development and Evaluations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-body-font-family has-mdm-large-font-size\"><strong>Workforce Management Budget\u2122 Subscription Service <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Budget-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5756 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Budget-1.png 500w, https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Budget-1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><em>A product for FTE Budgeting and Position Control Automation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><summary><strong>Workforce Management Budget\u2122 Subscription Service Details <\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-body-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The Workforce Management Budget\u2122 Subscription Service provides the financial budget necessary to define annual and operational staffing budgets with distributions of care hours that align to workload volumes, nonproductive back-fill plans for benefit and education, meeting and orientation time and key performance indicators storable by any date range, variable staffing plans to flex staff to the concurrent workload volumes and a position control module fully integrated to the cost center\u2019s budget and human resource system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The Workforce Management Budget\u2122 Subscription Service recommended Interface includes a one-way export of data from the organization\u2019s Human Resource system. Optional Interfaces include a one-way export of data from the organization\u2019s Finance budget system. Includes 4 modules and 10 reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Dramatically simplifies the process of creating and managing position control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Identifies overages and\/or deficits by position, shift and skill mix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Balances resources by position skill mix, day of week and shift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Includes education, meeting, orientation and benefit budget allocations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Comprehensive position control dashboard totals by department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Actual and operational vacancy with unit erosion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Measure time to fill vacant positions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Schedule requirements and backfill plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Budgets FTEs as direct and indirect, full-time, part-time and casual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Robust on-demand unit specific and summary reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-lmi-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-body-font-family has-mdm-large-font-size wp-elements-ff534eb78422d1f0ea3d0814c100dcac\"><strong>Workforce Management Analytics\u2122 Subscription Service <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Analytics.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5748 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><em><strong><em>A product for Workforce Management Analytics\u2122&nbsp;by Day of Week &amp; Pay Period<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><summary><strong>Workforce Management Analytics\u2122 Subscription Service<\/strong> Details <\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The Workforce Management Analytics\u2122 Subscription Service<em>\u00a9<\/em>&nbsp;uses a robust and well-defined API with extracted information from client labor, industry specific workload volumes (including other workload such as admissions, discharges and transfers), scheduling, staffing, time &amp; attendance, payroll, human resource and outcome systems. Includes 19 standard department specific and summary reports, additional reports are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Data exports from the client systems are uploaded to the system on a fully automated schedule. The uploaded data is available via the client dashboard and reporting module. The underlying technology is based on standard XML schemas sent over a secure TLS connection. Information is de-identified to comply with PHI and HIPAA requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports Include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Census Comparison Midnight, Weekday and Weekend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Average Daily Workload* by Time of Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">*Workload (i.e., Census, Visits, Procedures, Deliveries, Treatments, Tests, Surgical Cases, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Admissions, Discharges &amp; Transfers (ADT) by Time Segment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Days Over ADT Work Intensity Index and Length of Stay (LOS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Sitters\/1:1 Maximum Observation Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Overtime\/End of Shift Overtime\/On-Call &amp; Call-Back Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Agency\/Registry Usage in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts by Day of Week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Travelers Usage in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts by Day of Week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Education\/Orientation\/Meeting Time Usage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Unexpected Absences\/Call-ins by Day of Week in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Vacation Hours Usage in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts by Day of Week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Deficit Demand Hours in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Low Workload Canceled Hours in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts by Day of Week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Summary of Movement of Staff in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp;12-hour Shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Overtime\/Deficit Demand\/Supplemental Staffing\/ADT Index &amp; Patient Outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Target Hours Worked vs. Actual Hours Worked in Hours, FTEs and 8 &amp; 12-hour Shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Direct\/Indirect\/Total Worked Hours of Care Compared to Hospital Target and LMI Mid-Range<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Direct\/Indirect\/Total Worked Hours of Care Compared to Hospital Target and LMI Mid-Range and Case Mix Index<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Unit Specific Report by Pay Period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-call-to-action  root-eb-call-to-action-yo8gx\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-call-to-action-yo8gx \"><div class=\"eb-cia-wrapper eb-call-to-action-yo8gx\" data-icon=\"fas fa-glass-martini\"><div class=\"eb-cia-text-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"eb-cia-title\">Book Your Free 30-Minute Consultation<\/h3><p class=\"eb-cia-description\">Curious how we can help?  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