What is KND$?
- Electronic tool to help you get started
- User friendly « Provides one site for all data
- Allows for multiple users in department
- Assures consistency
- Includes definition and facts material
- Auto calculates meals and meal equivalents
- Calculates percentage of patient meals and percentage of non-patient meals
Efficiencies
- Use numbers to show efficiencies with cost per patient day to challenge a contractor.
- Use numbers to show success of new program proving return on investment.
- Use numbers to show increases in meals produced and retail sales with current labor.
Benefits
Tracking internal data helps operators:
- Justify new programs Prove ROI
- Set new directions
- Respond to economic challenges
- Validate need for change
- Educate administration
- Help the facility reduce costs or justify new investments
- Justify FTEs current labor