Care Logistics' Solution Helps
Hospitals Increase Margins, Capacity and Quality
Atlanta, GA, July 11, 2011 - Care
Logistics announced today that its Hospital Operating
SystemTM Solution has helped its partner hospitals save
more than $50 million since the implementation of the first system
2 years ago. Developed to improve operational
performance, the Hospital Operating System has helped hospitals
achieve dramatic savings, while supporting improved quality of care
and significant increases in bed
capacity.
"Reaching $50 million in savings is
impressive, but it is just a snap shot of six hospitals that all
installed the Hospital Operating System Solution at different
times," said Karl Straub, President of Care Logistics. "I expect
that when we have two full years of data on each of the first six
hospitals, we will have helped these partners save in excess of
$100 million."
Although the first hospital began its
performance improvement two years ago, the other hospitals did not
complete their installations until late 2010.
Despite this relatively short timeframe, all six of the hospitals
are experiencing sustainable, repeatable
efficiencies. Through a new approach to process
improvement, focusing on the combination of human processes and
technology, the Hospital Operating System helps providers develop
the system-wide mindset needed to achieve total hospital
efficiency. Care Logistics works with partners to help them create
a culture of efficiency, design a new care coordination model,
implement enterprise logistics software and establish real-time
operational performance management.
"If you examine the results from Mercy
St. Vincent Medical Center, the hospital where we have had a
complete installation for two years, you will see the true value
our Hospital Operating System Solution can deliver," said
Straub. "The total economic value to St.
Vincent's alone has been in excess of $38 million."
Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center is a
500+ bed hospital located in Toledo, Ohio, which has won a
Solutient Top 100 hospital designation and earned
a JD Power & Associates top performer award in recent
years. In the two years since the
implementation of Care Logistics' Hospital Operating System, Mercy
St. Vincent reduced its adult acute Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
from 5.1 to 3.8 days. The ALOS improvements
saved 10,400 days annually, which gave the hospital the ability to
care for 2,260 more admissions with no additional capital or fixed
costs. Their success with Care Logistics'
Hospital Operating System has led to its adoption in other Mercy
Hospitals run by Catholic Health Partners.
The improvements in efficiency, quality,
and capacity achieved by Care Logistics' Hospital Operating System
are foundational to helping hospitals compete in the post-reform
health care environment. By achieving total
hospital efficiency, Care Logistics is able to help hospitals
maximize the benefits of their investment; lower care costs; and,
increase capacity to handle the millions of patients who will be
newly empowered with insurance.
"Because we use a technology solution to
lock in our efficiency gains, these savings are repeated year after
year. The costs are squeezed from the system
permanently," said Straub. "Imagine what can be
achieved if every hospital throughout the country achieved total
hospital efficiency. The results would go a long
way to establishing the consistent delivery of high quality, low
cost care."
More about the successes experienced by
Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Mercy Health and Catholic Health
Partners can be seen at www.carelogistics.com/50millionplus
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About Care Logistics
Through process re-engineering and
enabling software, Care Logistics' Hospital Operating
SystemTM Solution helps hospitals transform their
operations to deliver total hospital efficiency.
Care Logistics is a subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare, a group of
companies focused on providing the healthcare industry with
innovative physician and clinical resources and IT solutions. For
more information, contact Care Logistics at
800.930.0870.
Learn more about Care Logistics
at www.carelogistics.com