SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A draft report from consultants says there is confusion, disorganization and frustration at the Oregon State Hospital.
The Salem Statesman Journal reports the Pennsylvania consultants were hired at a cost of $175,000 to study the hospital, which is undergoing major changes and is awaiting a new superintendent later this month.
Liberty Healthcare's report says the volume of change under way could overwhelm any organization. But it says the changes at the hospital have been inadequately planned and managed.
It says 28 committees are attacking problems without coordination, and there are universal complaints that meetings are chewing up time for patient care.
And it says managers have given up trying to deal with workers performing poorly because they believe nothing can be done.
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Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com
