“I think the biggest ROI has been the overwhelming satisfaction of the staff, surgeons, anesthesia and patients.”
Providence Health System Oregon on Amelior ORTracker®
Surgical Services Department
Customer
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
- 27 suite OR
- 60,000 square foot expansion area with 53 preoperative and postoperative beds and 27 recovery beds
Automatic Tracking
- Implemented Amelior ORTracker® in 2003
- Asset locating hardware and real-time locating system installed by business partner, Versus Technology
Surgical Services Department Impact
- Improved the number of 1 st cases starting on time
- Improved patient throughput
- Reduced time spent locating equipment
- Improved ability to anticipate staff needs in PACU by time of day
- Reduction in inter-department phone calls by ~75%
- Improvement in staff satisfaction scores by ~60%
- Improvement in timely administration of antibiotics by ~50%
- Generated data to support operational improvements (measurement of milestones throughout the patient visit to see where improvements are needed)
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