mc Strategies is a one-stop and streamlined skill assessment and e-learning package for individual staff orientation and annual competency recertification assessment at Contra Costa Health Services. CCHS is currently using the solution’s course to record track, and report mandatory clinical education and clinical competencies requirements of staff in one system; e.g. The Joint Commission, OSHA Compliance, Title 22 and Infection Control Standards. This e-learning system also replaced the paper-based SICR (Safety and Infection Control Review), a mandatory annual requirement for hospital and health center staff.

Contra Costa Health Services education and training requirements and operations will be severely impacted if Elsevier mc Strategies e-learning product will be discounted. The online e-learning clinical programs will need to be re-written and transferred to a paper system that will need to be printed and distributed manually to all staff for completion. A staff will need to be hired to carry out the duties of printing and distribution of training materials. Staff will need to be available as well to perform the scoring and record keeping of completed training by staff. There will be a delay in the completion of required training due to the re-work that ill need to be done. In addition, staff will need to attend in-person classes instead of e-learning, which will increase travel and training expenses of the organization. Due to the logistical complexities of a paper based training system, there will be more resources needed to operationalize it from an administration perspective which may create delays in training delivery and completion. Some of the job classes require that staff complete selected training courses. If the e-learning system is not available, the staff will not be able to perform their duties and deliver the required services to our patients.

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