The following is a summary of the information presented at the employee meetings and responses to some of the issues and questions that were raised. HR Design Project Five design teams made up of staff and management employees from across the Medical Center have been working on this project for the last six months. Each team is co-chaired by a member of the Human Resources Department and Medical Center management. A Steering Group headed by Ron Bouchard and Tom Gausvik, including members of management and the Employee Council, provided guidance to the teams. The HR system is being designed to align our practices more closely with others in the health care industry.
Health care is a business and our customers have a choice in where they go for services.
Because more than half of our cost of operation is for the salaries and benefits of our employees, we must ensure that our HR programs are designed to keep our costs competitive. There were seven major objectives that helped guide the design of the HR system. The new HR system is designed around certain key performance factors. These performance factors are competencies and behaviors that have been identified as critical to our success. They were derived from the Medical Center's Strategic Plan, Mission and Values.