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HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CASE STUDIES


Martha Jefferson Hospital -- Martha Jefferson Hospital achieves its goal to improve benchmark position while improving quality by tackling four key areas of Laboratory costs.
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital -- St. Joseph Mercy Hospital shared with HMC KnoweldgeWeb Partners how redesigning the Surgical Prep Center process improved patient safety in preparing the patient for surgery.
North Colorado Medical Center -- North Colorado Medical Center learned practices of other HMC Partners via the HMC KnowledgeWeb, enabling them to increase revenue, decrease errors, and increase support training, by moving staff into auditing roles.
Intermountain HealthCare Corporation -- Intermountain HealthCare Reduced Inappropriate Elective Inductions and Volume of Nulligravida Inductions to Improve Outcomes and Save $1.4 Million
Intermountain Healthcare -- Intermountain Healthcare Saves $560,000 Per Year in Food Services From HMC Idea Generation
Dixie Regional Medical Center -- Dixie Regional Medical Center Nurse Internship Program Results in New Hires, Better RN Retention, Increased Committment, Lower Costs, and Fewer Errors.
LDS Hospital -- HMC client LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City maintains one of the lowest costs of care while providing excellent quality of care in pneumonia, one of the JCAHO core measures, for over a decade. In a HMC iConference call lead by one of the country’s premiere physicians in pneumonia care, LDS discusses how to successfully implement and maintain CAP guidelines.
Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital System -- Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital System (SJMHS) is composed of 743 beds spanning three hospitals that serve the Ann Arbor, MI area. A member of Trinity Health, SJMHS enters into it’s fourth year of benchmarking with HMC as one of our strongest performers, in terms of both overall cost competitiveness and networking participation.
HMC Partner Facility -- Cost savings are achievable when hospital department managers consider alternatives to filling open positions.
HMC MA Partner Facility -- HMC’s Idea to Action Plan ConsultingTM service helps hospital department managers whose functions are not high-cost generate ideas for savings potential.
William Beaumont Royal Oak -- Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak was recognized for its nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program. It is the only hospital in Michigan and one of 100 overall to receive such recognition.
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System -- SJMHS created Budget Collaboration Teams which improved decision-making cycle time, reduced the risk in decision-making by providing the mechanism for deep analysis, and set new bars for performance using HMC benchmarks.
HMC Partners -- Learn more about the intimate relationship between peer networking and hospital cost improvement.
Mary Washington Hospital -- Mary Washington Hospital used a single physician to demonstrate the impact of a practice change on patient care and cost position
Sentara Health System -- Sentara's "Go Slow Approach" identifies $19.3 million in savings.
Intermountain Health Care -- IHC used The HMC Operations Benchmark to focus system-wide improvement strategy. $5.4 million were pulled from budget.
Rex Healthcare -- Hospital streamlined organizational structure, reducing the management to service provider ratio by over 44%. Uses HMC financial forecasting model to simplify budget target setting.
Sentara Health Systems -- Sentara uses HMC to help decide whether to keep transcriptions in-house or to outsource.
McKay-Dee Hospital Center -- Respiratory Therapy Department achieves 34% of HMC-cited savings opportunity, or over $250,000 saved in one year.
Mary Washington Hospital -- Hospital realized an 11% decrease in clinical cost per case and 20% decrease in length of stay since joining the HMC Partnership.



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