• To promote clinical excellence in the individual organizations, amongst the partners, and across the care continuum.
  
  
• To customize protocols and utilize evidence based practices designed by researchers, industry experts and academicians for clinical conditions. Many of these practices are designed to be used across the care continuum.
  
  
• To train staff to implement these clinical practices and affirm a culture of quality and empowerment, which will have mechanisms in place to sustain this knowledge in the organization.
  
  
• To improve the quality of care and services provided quantifiably demonstrated by improved client and employee indicators.
  
  
• To utilize measurement systems that will be shared within the organizations, amongst the members of the alliance, and compared to national, state and other benchmarked data.
  
  
• To introduce and use leading edge knowledge and technology in operations where payback will result in cost neutrality or cost reduction.
  
  
• To enhance employee satisfaction through empowerment, education, and utilization of technology resulting in improved job satisfaction.
  
  
• To provide a variety of educational opportunites, modalities and events to our membership.
  
  

Future Objectives:

Empira and the collaborating members continue to grow and nurture through time. To date, eight modules have been offered including: continence, assessment, falls reduction and prevention, and pain reduction and prevention, infection control, skin conditions, restorative care and wellness. Empira is currently working on the MN Department of Human Services Performance-based Incentive Payment Programs (PIPP). Empira members participated in a 3-year program to reduceresident falls within their skilled facilities. On October 1, 2011, Empira membership began a new PIPP progam to reduce nightime sleep disturbance and restore rehabilitative sleep patterns for our residents.