Successes

PeriOptimum has helped improved throughput at over 30 different hospitals including Erie County Medical Center, Geisinger Medical Center, Hannibal Regional Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lancaster General Hospital, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Pinnacle Health System and more. 

Here are some examples of our success:

Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY

CHALLENGE
With a limited number of operating rooms (ORs) – and lacking the physical room and capital to build more – Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) sought a way to maximize patient throughput and increase OR capacity levels to generate additional revenue.

SOLUTION
ECMC turned to PeriOptimum to streamline surgical workflows and for its PathFinder™ solution, which is a system that uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track OR patients; display and communicate case status to physicians, nurses and patient families; and automatically capture events for documentation.

RESULTS
ECMC increased its average OR capacity to nearly 85 percent, which resulted in a three-month return on its PathFinder investment, and the organization expects to realize a $2 million increase in revenue within the first 12 months of using the solution. Click here for the full story

Baptist Medical Center – Jackson, MS

CHALLENGE
With the Surgical Services department handling an average of 1,600 phone calls per shift to coordinate patient throughput within its operating rooms, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center began seeking a way to more effectively communicate.

SOLUTION
PeriOptimum’s PathFinder™ patient tracking solution automated workflow communications using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track OR patients, visualize patient flow, capture events and streamline surgical process.

RESULTS
Within months of installing the solution, Baptist Medical Center reduced calls
related to patient status by 60%, greatly increased communications effectiveness, and raised patient satisfaction. Click here for the full story

Ohio Valley General Hospital, McKees Rocks, PA

CHALLENGE
With several recent vacancies among its perioperative nursing staff and no educator on staff, Ohio Valley General Hospital (OVGH) sought a solution to train nurses to fill the positions.

SOLUTION
OVGH found candidates from their nursing school wanted to pursue peri­operative nursing careers and then turned to PeriOptimum’s Education Services to help train the students and create preceptors within the OVGH staff to supervise the training.

RESULT
In only five months, three of the candidates completed the education program and passed the AORN PeriOp 101 program, enabling them to begin working as a circulator in the operat­ing room (OR). Click here for the full story