RealNews Erie County Medical Center and Community Medical Center Implement Automated Surgical Workflow Management and Patient Tracking August 24, 2006 -- Buffalo, NY; Scranton, PA – Hospitals and surgicenters looking to improve utilization and productivity in surgical services should look to Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo and Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania which have recently deployed an award-winning automated perioperative workflow management and patient tracking system. Both hospitals are the latest to implement PathFinder from PeriOptimum. Both hospitals also take advantage of PeriOptimum’s Surgical Capacity Improvement Program. PathFinder augments existing surgical scheduling and documentation applications and incorporates active RFID-based indoor location technology to track patients and give everyone involved an “air traffic controller” perspective of specific, or all, surgical cases across all phases of perioperative care and across all facilities. Erie County Medical Center (ECMC, www.ecmc.edu) is a 550-bed hospital with 10 operating rooms serving Western New York. “When I was CEO at Lancaster General Hospital, we implemented PathFinder and as a result, added millions of dollars to our bottom line,” said Michael Young, now President of ECMC. “Now at ECMC, we are also bringing better metrics to management and seeing improvements in throughput and utilization, and in staff and patient satisfaction.” "A consistent, accurate view of surgical services is what CMC Healthcare is looking for,” said Joe Fisne, Chief Information Officer. Community Medical Center (CMC, www.cmchealthsys.org), is a 315-bed hospital with 12 operating rooms serving northeastern Pennsylvania. “We see tremendous value in enabling a more predictable, efficient process and as a result of implementing PathFinder, we expect to reduce delays and increase satisfaction overall.” Eight hospitals now use PathFinder to help them maximize capacity and patient throughput by: • Tracking significant case and clinical events with virtually no manual input About PeriOptimum PeriOptimum is dedicated to improving healthcare throughput. Our real-time location system based PathFinder™ tracking and communication solutions; data analytics and workflow reengineering services enable hospitals to increase clinical productivity and quality, increase patient satisfaction, and dramatically improve the hospital’s bottom line. PeriOptimum is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, you can reach PeriOptimum at
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